I'm offended i was laid off
I was laid off, I thought because of covid. But a handful of months later, here I am browsing the job ads and I see that they are hiring again for someone to do what was basically my job, plus a couple other bells & whistles. They are emphasizing traits I didn't have.
They were paying me what starting this year will be minimum wage in my state. Reading that ad I realize this is the kind of job that normally requires a college degree and to be bilingual, and have much more experience than I do. And it should be much better paid. It's not even the job I applied for and was hired for there, they kept changing things around due to what was in my opinion, inefficient management practices, and essentially they threw me into something way above my head to sink or swim.
I sank I guess. I was having a lot of personal trouble and wasn't at my best. Plus, I truly believe anyone would find the way they were doing things there to be an absolute nightmare. I will be surprised if they can find anyone who can do what they are expecting without pulling all of their hair out within the first two months, experienced or not.
I don't wish I had my job back, I guess I'm just offended that they threw me into that to begin with, and then let me go because I couldn't keep up. Maybe they overestimated my intelligence or capability. I guess maybe I did too. They never even laid out all these expectations for me, that are now being listed in this ad. If I was supposed to be doing all that, no one said anything. Maybe I wasn't proactive enough. I know I wasn't.
I actually thought I was liked there. I'm learning that is dangerous to assume. The minute you get comfortable with anything or anyone it's gone, and then you realize it was probably never even there in the first place.
Sorry to rant at you all. Just don't want to admit this to anyone around me IRL. I'm pretty humiliated. I guess at least they didn't outright fire me, but did it under the guise of a covid layoff so I can save face.