I know I'm being unreasonable, at least I think I am anyway, but I can't sleep & am still annoyed at this situation.
I lost my job this morning. Basically I went in as normal, got comfy and started working. Ten minutes later one of my bosses asked for a word in the meeting room, which I thought was a bit off, but when both of them came in I knew something was up. Between them they told me that the business had been operating at a loss for the past 3 - 4 months (as long as I'd been employed by them) and that there wasn't enough work coming in for the area of the business that I was working in, so they'd have to let me go. I have some small consolation that they will pay me until the end of the month and I don't have to come into work.
AIBU to think that they shouldn't have even started the hiring process when they must have known the business wasn't stable enough to take on someone else full time?
I have to say that there were hints things weren't going very well for the business but I didn't expect this at all and it's come as quite a bit of a shock to me. I left my previous job, which by all accounts was making me ill, for this one. I took this job because it was much closer to home than the 70 mile round trip commute I was doing 5 days a week and I started as soon as they wanted me to. I took a pay cut of £1.5k to try and ease the whole situation I was in by taking this job and now I'm in a worse position with no job and back into the job market. I'm also a bit confused because I was given a small bonus two weeks ago because I'd got a couple of clients some recognition and won them an award each. I asked them whether it was something I'd done but they said the decision had nothing to do with me and it was unfortunately just the way it had to be. I forgot to ask if they will provide me a reference but I'm assuming they will do, as they seemed like they would be willing to help in any way they could.
I know I need to jump in to finding another job but as silly as it sounds I'm just feeling so despondent and down about it all. I've been suffering from depression since September last year and since I left my old job I have felt in a much better place. I stopped taking my medication a couple of months back and have just tried to get on with stuff. I have supported my husband through severe depression since late spring last year, dragging us through really hard times, and he's not long back in to work properly. Today I just feel numb and drained. Financially we are screwed unless I pick up another job quick and I just don't know where to start. Looking at jobs for the sector I've been in they all want experience that I just don't have.