Five stages of Job Loss
- Gabriel Most, LCSW RN
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Please join me as I address various issues and mental health challenges on a weekly basis creating a forum for communication and solutions with experts in advertising and mental health. In this week’s topic, “Five Stages of job loss” Doug Truppe and Gabriel Most, LCSW RN explore what happens when we lose our job and go from a schedule with a paycheck and benefits to an aimless focus, no income and no health coverage.
According to Elisabeth Kubler -Ross, M.D, a psychiatrist who pioneered research around loss and grief, the following is a list of stages that we experience when we lose our job.
Denial
“ I can’t believe this is happening I have worked there for 20 years.”
Anger
“ After twenty years they fire me with an email and a zoom call?! This can’t be happening.”
Bargaining
“Maybe if I take a 30% pay cut or work freelance without benefits, they’ll keep me on.”
Depression
“Who is ever going to hire me, this is all I know, and I’ve been doing it for 15 plus years and I’m too old and making too much money.”
Acceptance
“ If I can reinvent myself and pivot, I can still stay relevant and make money in this industry.”
Share your story. What has been your experience around job loss? How did you manage and then land on your feet? We’d love to hear from you. Together we can create a community of empowerment.
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