First off - what a great community, love this place!

***steps on soapbox***

So, last week a random "Chat w/####" (my "CRO" - though I have other names for him) was put on my calendar at 8:40a for a 9a meeting...it was market "urgent" and labeled "Private" in outlook....odd for an internal call with my boss, but OK. Looked at attendees, no HR - "whew, should be safe". The beauty of Teams calls is you can see who starts the call...and two minutes before the allotted time, I get a notification that the call was started by......HR.

I take a deep breath, figured PIP inbound bc I had no current paper trail - and honestly there weren't any good reasons for a PIP either. Went and refilled my coffee and logged in at the designated time. Manager "Unfortunately I am the bearer of bad news, 'XYZ' company has restructured and your role has been eliminated. As of the completion of this call, you no longer work here."

Well, shit...so, now I find myself on the market with no warning. I had been starting to have some external conversations because it was obvious to anyone paying attention that the company was in trouble, but I hadn't gone full court press yet.

Thanks for letting me get this off my chest....cheers!

***steps down off soapbox***

RIF Rant

Pipped while on pace for quarterly trip and other misadventures