I'm What?!! -- Julie: I Built Something Worth Taking Over -- Kayla: I Texted "There Is One Less Black Girl on Wall Street Today" -- Jill: I Had Never Been Fired so Many Times in One Week -- Birdie: I Bristled When Someone Said, "Don't Worry, Honey" -- Nicole: I Got My Confidence Back -- Jennifer: I Discovered My Voice -- Joyce: I Loved My Job, and It Broke My Heart -- Raka: I Had No Idea This Was Coming -- Lisette: I Lost Everything I Ever Did at That Moment -- Cynthia: I Still Feel Raw -- Chloe: I Asked, "Oh, You Guys Are Firing Me Today?" -- Jane: I Wondered How I Would Pay My Bills -- Anne: I Felt Betrayed -- Bridget: I Was Really Good at What I Did -- Carol: I Was "Too Expensive" for the Account -- Margret: I Told People Being Laid Off Really Means "Fired" -- Priti: I Kept Thinking, "They Never Really Liked Me" -- Alice: I Was Powerless to Keep My Own Job -- Elaine: I Felt Invisible -- Umara: I Didn't Work Miracles -- Sofia: I No Longer Feel Like a Victim -- Isabel: I Needed Time and Courage to Transition -- Melanie: I Moved from Corporate Constraints to Freedom -- Jean: I Was Fired Twice and Am Much Happier -- Minerva: I Took a Time-Out and Transformed -- Well, Now What? -- Folks Don't Know What to Say -- What We Have Learned: The Personal -- What We Have Learned: The Workplace -- Compassionate Firing: What We Suggest.
Summary:
In Betrayed by Work: Women tell the Truth About Being Fired, authors Julie Erickson and Suzanne Vosburg provide a realistic framework, based on real women's experiences, for processing the emotional trauma of losing your job.
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