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My boss and HR lady were very solemn when I was laid off from my last job RIGHT BEFORE COVID started. I was BEAMING. HR lady said I was the most unconventional layoff she’s ever done. I thanked her and shook her hand. It was the best thing that happened to me in a long time.
I'm confused. Were you happy because the job sucked or because you were laid off before Covid?
My job was totally fine, byt my partner had been laid off right before me. I was happy to be able to spend a bunch of time with them—I didn’t even know about COVID yet. Then a couple months later, everything shut down. I didn’t work for years. It was incredible.
I was confused before this, and it didn't make it easier
I'm guessing they were well off if they were able to not work for years.
I’m guessing they live in a country that doesn’t hate it’s citizens
I'm not sure of many countries where the average person can take years off of work in a row and be fine financially. Do you know of any countries like this?
COVID was a special situation
I am assuming that you had enough saved up in the bank hence you were happy about the impromptu 2 years vacation with severance granted to you?
Absolutely! Got a buttload of severance, then my country started paying heaps of COVID jobless bonus money for like a year and a half. It worked out perfectly (though I did feel terrible for taking advantage of that while some of my closest friends had to go into work and stuff)