HR Besties: You Didn't Get Your Dream Job, Now What?
HR BESTIES
HR Besties LLC
4.8 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Today's agenda:
- Leigh's dream IRL
- Cringe corporate speak: new sheriff in town
- Hot topic: So, you didn't get your dream job
- Letting yourself feel it is okay
- The grass isn't always greener
- It's not personal
- You can choose the path forward
- Questions/Comments
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| 0:00.0 | So I was with a company once that wanted to bring in a giant inflatable T-Rex dinosaur and shaved |
| 0:15.7 | dice for the staff. |
| 0:18.9 | Great, right? |
| 0:19.9 | Funny. |
| 0:20.4 | I know. |
| 0:20.6 | Where do I apply? Yeah, we love shaved dives. We, right? Funny. I know, where do I apply? |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah, we love shaved dives. |
| 0:23.4 | We love it. |
| 0:24.4 | Yes. |
| 0:25.0 | However, the reasoning behind that was honestly quite grim. |
| 0:31.7 | So the story goes that they actually wanted to lay off about 7% of the staff, which, no, it's not a lot, is it? |
| 0:41.3 | Nope, sure it isn't. |
| 0:42.2 | But to celebrate and tell everyone else that they were safe, they wanted the owner to dress up |
| 0:52.8 | an inflatable T-Rex costume, I guess he had one. I don't know. |
| 0:56.8 | And bring in a shaved ice truck to celebrate. And I said, now, and this would, they wanted this |
| 1:04.3 | all to occur the same day, please, please, listen. They wanted to let these people go that morning |
| 1:09.9 | and then that afternoon have the celebration. |
| 1:12.5 | And I said, skirt. |
| 1:14.4 | I'm sorry, but do you realize how that will look? |
| 1:18.2 | And they said, well, yes, but we're celebrating the people that are safe. |
| 1:23.0 | I shit you not. |
| 1:24.8 | I had already put in my notice. |
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