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So I might have gotten a sneak peek at being let go from my job after over half a decade of service. Let me explain:
Basically, I WFHed most of the week and everything worked normally. I'd love to take the whole week off, but I don't get any paid days off.
So I try to clock into the office today, (they told us we had to, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered), and my badge doesn't open up the gate. I call security since local admin is on holiday, and they tell me my badge is inactive. Suddenly, dozens of online horror stories pop into my head of people suddenly getting laid off with no warning. Their badges simply stop working, and their computers refuse to log in. I rush back home to test the work PC. It logs me in as normally as it did the day before. I contacted everyone I could about this and 2 hours later no one has a certain answer for me for better or for worse, because it's a holiday week.
So then I'm wondering what if someone in upper corporate decided to let me go because the previous week I got a little too sassy on a "private" teams chat, and no one else is going to be notified until Monday because it's easier to simply finish out the week on the timesheet? Maybe it's because I brought up wanting disability accommodations a couple of weeks ago, but had to hold off until next year to show them proof. Or maybe I'm just being anxious, and the office part of the building is currently undergoing repairs that none of us were notified of ahead of time because admin are real employees, which means they get to take paid time off. Maybe the gate is just old and sucks. Maybe the security misheard the info I gave them over the janky gate phone. Maybe I'm paranoid, or maybe I'm right, and I need to max out my hours this weekend even though I was going to relax, because I'll have plenty of time to relax when I'm unemployed and poverty is constantly looming over my head. Very cool and very normal system we have going on here.
Good luck! I wish I could say something more reassuring but I'd be in an anxiety spiral as well. I can only imagine revoking computer access would come before your door pass if they did want to let you go.
I have a lot less protections against being let go in my new role than I used to so I'm hesitant to request any accommodations because it'll set off a chain of what ifs in my head.
same as large_goblin, I don't have anything to helpful to add because I would be spiralling as well 😞
your weekend sounds incredibly stressful, and I feel terrible for you
hope it's just a mix-up.
My partner took me out to eat after work and that helped distract me.
But now it's the next day, and I'm still worried. The stress is making me cramp like it's my period. I think the most frustrating part of this is that I did get in contact with multiple people about this and all they said was "let me check my email..." and then they didn't follow up! I need a clear and concise "everything is fine", the lack of follow up is what's stressing me out now. I'm just going to keep working through the weekend, even though I was originally going to take it off. I guess next week will be my chill week, one way or another.
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