r/jobs • u/Whole_Relief8299 • 3d ago

Layoffs Just got laid off via text

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I’ve been crying so much over this. I genuinely can’t believe how heartless some people can be…

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u/FaroutIGE 3d ago

i did too, but just to be fair, its definitely easier to cope with being at home all the time when everyone else has to too

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u/Suavecore_ 3d ago

I wish everyone was at home during covid. That was the busiest time of my life working at a gas station making $1/hr more (for one month) for being an Essential Worker. No idea what people are talking about when it comes to the supposed lockdowns

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u/ImNotAGameStopASL 2d ago

I worked at GameStop and our company tried telling everybody we were "essential retail" because we happened to sell PC peripherals that people working from home could use. It was the biggest load of bs they sold, and most of the time, they got away with it. The PS4 Controller shortage was real tho. My store ran out in April and didn't have them back in stock until November.

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u/Suavecore_ 2d ago

I remember sharing an article about that, with an image of an employee handing a bag through the doorway to a customer, thinking how cartoonishly evil it was to call GameStop employees essential and force them to work during a pandemic. Meanwhile, I sold shit loads of cigarettes and lottery tickets