What hurts the most is that I didn’t have a chance to help. Just like I didn’t back then. I know it’s less dire. But I use the word family a lot more liberally than most. And I lost one of the family today.
This will change me forever. It’s like death. You only realize life when you see death. You only understand an organization when you see layoffs.
People will move on and find other jobs. I will not forget that I didn’t see it coming.