Betrayed by Work

Women’s Stories of Trauma, Healing and Hope After Being Fired

De: Julia Erickson MBA, Suzanne Vosburg PhD

Narrado por: Raechel Wong

Emotionally, getting fired is one of life's most difficult experiences. When women get fired, it is often devastating, traumatic, and isolating. We experience a sudden powerlessness that can destroy our confidence and feelings of self-worth. We grieve. We feel broken. It affects our self-esteem, our financial well-being, our professional identity, and our ability to look for other work - in short, it affects our entire way of life. How, then, does a woman navigate the emotional impact of this event? With other women.

You are not alone. In Betrayed by Work, authors Julia Erickson, MBA, and Suzanne Vosburg, PhD, bear witness to the stories of women just like you - and just like them. This book shows how women lost their jobs, describes what happened to them immediately and in the aftermath, validates women's feelings about being fired, and offers a source of hope and companionship to those of us coping with either our own job loss or the sudden job loss of someone we know or love. In listening to this book, discover: true stories from women who are honest about how they were fired and what they felt while being let go; key points to help process each story and apply its lesson to your own experience; and practical takeaways and suggestions to help you cope in the immediate aftermath of your job loss.

©2021 Julia Erickson, Suzanne Vosburg (P)2021 Gildan Media

Betrayed by Work

interesting prospective on how people respond to being terminated. Good advice to employers on how to terminate.

Helpful information on firing of women

Stories, research and practical advice. Informative and validating for any woman who has experienced firing.

So focused on the negative

A majority of the stories from these women take the entire time to explain all the pain and negativity they experienced in their long drawn out story. Very little at the end of how they overcame this and became better, stronger. What I heard is a lot of “poor me” going on. I have been fired a few times so I know what it feels like and I know I want to hear more stories of strong and fierce women who took back their dignity and became better for it. I couldn’t even finish this bc I was totally irritated by the victim mentality.