You're fired: Why are we so scared of losing our jobs?
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On the show, we talk about getting fired and why there's such a stigma around losing our jobs. Tiffany talks about how she got fired from a startup and Anna shares her own experiences of redundancy.
We discuss why getting fired is still such a taboo and we share practical tips for dealing the loss of a job.
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Links
- Getting Fired At 29 Was The Best Thing To Happen To Me, Tiffany Philippou for Refinery29: https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-gb/2019/07/237705/getting-fired-how-to-get-another-job
- The Mental-Health Consequences of Unemployment, Rebecca J Ronse for The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/06/the-mental-health-consequences-of-unemployment/372449/
- 25 Famous Women on How Getting Fired Makes You Stronger by Julie Ma for The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/25-famous-women-on-getting-fired-and-how-it-makes-you-stronger.html
- Dear HBR podcast on firings: https://hbr.org/podcast/2018/07/firings
- Worksome: https://worksome.co.uk/
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