As my benefits are exhausted. Got let go from a job of 16 years for “performance” from a large well known multinational corporation- which really means- I’m over 50 so no longer wanted by said company. I watched it happen to others on the regular over the years. It’s SOP for this particular company. My performance was just fine. Regularly went above and beyond. Would put in the extra effort when a deadline loomed (via OT, weekends), never once missed a deadline, received awards, promotions, etc. I also have a lot of experience and industry specific certifications. More than the newly hired, fresh out of college, first real job manager, who decided he knew more than people that have decades of experience does and made the decision to cut me. A lot more. He wound up hurting the department. From what I hear, they can no longer produce anything. I wasn’t the only experienced older person cut from my department. Yet, he’s still the manager.
Since I’ve been let go, company hired recruiters REGULARLY contact me to try and fill the role the company released me from because I have the experience and certifications the job needs. It’s kind of specialized, so not very easy to replace with inexperienced people. Add to this that they have clawed back remote work, so the pool of available workers is much smaller now. Of course, the manager would never ever hire me back. He views me (and the others he cut) as a threat because of my/our experience.
I’m finding it’s really difficult for people over 50 to be hired anywhere. Although my experience has made it feel unbearable to go back into that kind of toxic, fear-based corporate culture. Now I’m thinking outside the box in terms of income because I really don’t think I can go back into that kind of grind. Very turned off by major corporations now.
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