AT FIRST YOU WILL BE SCARED..CONTINUE DOING IT, AND YOU WILL BE SCARED LESS..
Even I knew that I was going to be let go by the start-up company I worked with, I never felt so scared in my life when they handed me the pink slip.
Nothing prepares you for this.
Even the early warnings during our meetings, when the CEO was hinting that the company was going belly-up, Even we already knew that the company was closing because there was no more money coming in, nothing prepares you for the pink slip.
First, my wife and I were on a training at West Palm when we learned that the Chief Scientific Officer was let go.
The CSO recruited us to work in that start-up company. But when the money became tight, the CEO made his move to fire the CSO.
So we were thinking we were next on the chopping block.
We have a two year old at that time, if we lost this job, how will we survive?
It was complicated because we can’t just look for other jobs since we were tied to that company for our work permit. We were not US citizens.
I was in the hotel watching my 2-year old wondering where are we going to get the next paycheck.
It was a scary moments in our life.
“This experience will make us stronger as a family,” I assured my wife. But deep inside, I know it will not be easy.
I continued to watch my kid playing and watching Sponge Bob.
That night, I emailed and called all my contacts like crazy. After the training was done, we still have the job but sooner or later we knew it was going to end.
It was scary.
I would get to work and check my email, for announcements. Sometimes, when my email won’t work, I thought they let-go of me already.
Before they let me go, I secured a job teaching chemistry in a community college.
On top of that, I worked part time on another start up company as a scientist.
Today, I’m building my business slowly. Next year, the company’s forecast is profits close to the lower 6 figures.
I know at first it’s scary, but you have to move past that fear stage in order to move forward.
