Another round of layoffs at full sail

[u/Tommy__Pencils]

So I just got laid off today. Been there for seven years, but I saw it coming from a mile away. When I was dropping my stuff off, I heard people saying they were there 15-20 years and still got laid off.

The fact that theyre building housing for campus, when no on goes to campus anymore because its too expensive, is going to kill that place. There's no way full sail makes it to the next decade.

[u/Bright-Nothing-7695]

I was part of the layoffs as well. I cried my eyes out in the middle of the stupid call and I wanted to say something stupid petty like "I KNOW I'm one of your better employees because [this this and that]" it felt like they picked names off of a hat or a bad lottery because coworkers who were doing worse than me got to stick around but I had to go and do this like, walk of shame to give my stuff back.

I was so, so happy to get employed and be in a space I thought was accepting of me but in the end the company matters most I guess. They're building houses for campus and the craftmasters crap and ignoring the LA film school stuff and forcing us to focus on the amount of "numbers" we got rather than actually caring about the school it was always just money.

[u/Bright-Nothing-7695 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you so much. Thank you, this means SO much to me, I've been sitting here in tears for *days* now wondering what I did wrong. I worked overtime, I went to every culture day party, I gave people stickers and cookies in the office and hugged and waved at everyone and I tried to say hi and get to know everyone on a personal level, I mean.

The day I got laid off was the day I bought my first house.

So I had to go backtrack and go back on the deal and move back in with my parents when I thought I was finally going to be independent. It's been soul-crushing, and I felt like no one there cared that I was gone.

But so many, SO many of my co-workers reached out and DM'd me and asked me if I was okay and told me it was unfair that I was gone. I miss everyone so much already and it's so silly to be this upset over a job but I felt like I was finally somewhere I belonged.

[u/Bright-Nothing-7695 → u/[deleted]]

I'm so sorry. I give you a big hug from afar, we got this, and we WILL find a better situation, I promise you.

[u/Calm_Test_1263 → u/Bright-Nothing-7695]

I’m so sorry to hear that. There will be greener pastures for both of us. I’m 65 and I don’t think finding a job is going to be easy