Welcome to the latest episode of The Intentional Career Podcast.
I'm your host, Femi Akinyemi, the founder of the Unleashed Podcast Network, as well as the founder of the Unleashed Academy.
An online academy focused on helping ambitious professionals overcome the challenges that stops you from fulfilling your true talent, having the career you deserve, and earning the money you should as well, because who wants to work without earning the money they truly, truly deserve.
This week, I'll be speaking about something quite dear to my heart.
And it's one when I think about.
I can't sometimes, but almost shed a tear.
It takes me back to a few many years ago.
It was a Friday, four PM.
I set up my computer doing my job as normal, and I get an email for an invite to come to a meeting at 4 PM.
Looking back 4 PMs on Fridays have never been the same again.
You send me a calendar invite at 4 PM on a Friday.
Panic sets in. On a more serious note.
I get the meeting, I go to the meeting, I sit down and my manager in no uncertain term says, we've been looking at your performance. We don't think you're good.
You can cut it.
We're going to have to let you go. To add context.
This was a job I so loved.
I so enjoyed doing, and I thought, this is the role I was born to do.
But all of a sudden you're fired, sacked.
Losing a job can be devastating.
You can just imagine being walked down to the reception.
I'll take your pass, give us your laptop.
Is there anything else you need? Okay.
You don't need to come in on Monday.
Take the whole week to cool off and you can come in a week from now.
Don't worry.
We won't take this against your leave time.
Just take it as paid leave and we'll see you in two Mondays time.
I bet they thought they're doing me a favor.
They probably were thinking back, due date?
I don't know.
HR people you might have thought on this.
Do they let people go on a Friday so that you have the weekend to drink away your misery and your tears?
I don't know. I'm just asking.
