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Had a conversation this week that messed with me a bit.

One of my friends(the kind who never questioned authority, always did everything “right”) just burned out hard. Worked 9-5(actually 9-7 most of time) every day, took pride in it, always stayed back to cover for others, never said no. Management loved him.

Then last month he got pulled into a Zoom call, HR said “we’re restructuring,” and just like that 4 years gone.

Dont have thank you, no warnings and transitions too. They handed him a generic PDF and cut off his email within the hour.

Now he’s doubting everything. Not just the job but the entire idea of working. He told me, “I followed every rule they want us… and still ended up like this.”

Anyone else seeing friends/family go through this too?