112. Fired from Your Job? Here’s What to Do Next!

Being fired can feel like a gut punch. Whether you saw it coming or it hit you out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s next is overwhelming. In this episode, I share my own experience of getting fired (yes, it happened!) and walk you through how to navigate job loss with confidence.

You’ll learn:
 ✅ How to process the emotions and move forward.
 ✅ The financial steps to take immediately after being fired.
 ✅ Why finding a new job fast is key (and how to avoid desperation mode!).
 ✅ How to turn this setback into an opportunity for career growth.

⚡ Don’t let job loss define you—take control of your future! Get my Career Assessment and book a free Career Clarity Call today.

🔔 Subscribe for part two in episode 114, where I’ll break down the four steps to landing your next job!

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Episode Transcript

Laura (00:02):
hello and welcome to money and career mastery from
overwhelmed to ownership.
I'm Laura Sexton, your abundanceand legacy coach here to help
you navigate the world of money,debt payoff, and career growth
with confidence and clarity.
In this podcast, we'll tacklethe financial and career
challenges, holding you back,optimize your income and build

(00:22):
the freedom that comes with trueownership.
If you're ready to break freefrom overwhelm, create a budget
that aligns with your values anddesign a legacy that empowers
future generations.
You're in the right place.
Hey there, accelerators.
I'm so thankful that you werehere with me today.
I know that you saw the topic oftoday's conversation and were

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like, whoa, okay.
You've either been there, you'vebeen fired before, or you have
felt like you might be fired atsome point, or you are worried
that it could happen to you orsomebody that you love.
The uncertainty and the unknownis terrible.
Now, I've only been fired once.

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And the one time I was fired,it's kind of a funny story.
I was Working at a local sushijoint, and they had just opened
and I was one of the firstservers they hired.
It was one of those jobs thatlike I needed a job and they
were hiring.
So I put in a resume and I hadan interview and I got hired and

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it wasn't the best fit everbecause I don't eat fish.
So, it's one of those thingswhere it's like, Mm, this is
really where Laura needs to be.
Probably not.
But I actually got fired becauseeverybody except for me at that
restaurant spoke Korean.
And so, anytime they would havea meeting they would speak it
all in Korean and then have totranslate everything just for

(01:48):
me.
Eventually the GM was like, Thisis kind of annoying.
And I was like, Yeah, I get it.
He's like, Alright, so here'syour last paycheck.
Have a good day.
I was like, all right, bye.
You know, one of those thingswhere if you look at it on the
legal side, probably not themost legal thing.
If you hired me knowing that Ididn't speak Korean, firing me
because I didn't speak Koreandoesn't make a lot of sense.

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But at the same time, it makes alot of sense that you don't want
to have to have every meetingtwice just for me.
I had just started working atthis awesome new burger joint in
L.
A.
called Stout.
And that happens to be where Imet my husband, so I'm really
glad that I was spending moretime there.
Anyway, recently I got a callfrom one of my clients.

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They had sent me a text messageand said, Hey, is there any way
that we can chat this afternoon?
I got some news and it's notgreat news.
I had a feeling that somethinghad changed for them career
wise.
Now they are financial coachingclients of mine and we are
working on getting systems andprocesses and everything in
place for them so that theirmoney is working better for

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them.
And we thought that maybe at theend of the year we'd talk about
finding a new job.
Turns out it happened over theweekend where they got a call on
Saturday.
Hey, you're out.
Don't come back on Sunday.
So it was a bit of a jolt, bigsurprise.
They weren't expecting it.
It was very shocking and at thesame time, I felt very honored

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that they reached out to me andsaid, hey, we need to have a
conversation because we don'tknow what to do next.
And they trust me to be thatsoft place to land and somebody
they can talk to about this.
So they called and we had aconversation.
My first thought was, man, thissucks.
There's really no two ways aboutit.
You have to sit and think, wow,this is terrible.

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And you have to give yourselftime to grieve the loss of what
was.
This was not this person's idealplace.
It was not running the way thathe necessarily wanted it to run
and things weren't perfect, buthe did enjoy the job and he
enjoyed the people that heworked with and he enjoyed the

(04:03):
people that he served throughhis job.
Unfortunately, the higher upsand he had different ideas on
how things should be done.
So, you know, it's fine in thegrand scheme of things after
taking a couple days to look atit going, okay, well, you know
what?
Yeah, it does suck that ithappens, but at the same time,
what a blessing to have gottento do the job.

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And now we get to try and findsomething new.
So with this new, happierattitude in mind.
Because he took the time togrieve the change.
And I think anytime you getfired or leave a job, even if
you leave intentionally, it'salways smart to take some time
to grieve what was and what willnot be in the future.

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Then we have to look at thebright side, because let me tell
you, friends, there is always abright side.
This may take some slowing down,may take some deep breaths, it
may take some intentionality andlooking at what is possible and
what is sitting in front of us.
So the first thing I asked was,what kind of severance package

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were you given?
Now this couple was given a semigenerous severance package.
Severance package for it beingas abrupt as it was.
They offered him the paycheckthat he was currently starting
as well as the following month'spaychecks.
Essentially, instead of gettingthree paychecks, he was going to

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get one large one.
Now you may be thinking sixweeks does not sound like a very
good severance, and in allhonesty, I would have liked
something more as well.
But slowing down and looking atit, we're going, okay, we know
that we have six weeks to findanother job.
If we can do it sooner, then theseverance actually becomes a
bonus.

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That would be really awesome.
In addition to this, his workhad also loaned him some money.
This was before I was able towork with them on their
financial journey, but thebusiness decided to forgive the
loan as part of the severancepackage.
Now that is another 3, 600 givento them, which is essentially

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another three weeks of paychecksfor them.
When we look at it that way,that makes an even bigger
blessing.
They were instantaneously 3, 600closer to being debt free.
Sure was a whole lot faster thanif they were trying to pay it
off 300 a month at a time.

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I don't wish being fired onanyone.
Nobody likes that kind of upsetin their life, but there are
always, always blessings.
So my friend, if you findyourself in a place where you
were fired and you don't knowwhat to do, we need to take a
step back and look at, okay,what part of our job did we
love?
What part of our job did we hatedoing?

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And how can we find a job thatfocuses in on those things that
we love and reduces the amountof tasks of things that we
don't?
So here's the truth.
There's always hope in anysituation.
No matter if you've just beenfired and you're like, this is a
kick in the gut.
No matter what, there is hope.
I hate that this happened toyou.

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I do.
I hate that you've gotten firedand that you are looking for a
new job.
But what I'm really excitedabout is the possibilities of
what is to come next.
You have a world of opportunityin front of you.
Now, let's be honest.
There are a couple of thingsthat can derail you.
I don't want you sitting aroundand waiting for the next thing.

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We have to go out and get it.
You own your future.
You are in charge of you andwhat your life will look like.
One thing that I told thiscouple, we were talking about
the severance that they have,the six weeks to find a job.
I said, that's great, but I wantyou looking for a job because

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having the money in your pocketgives you this feeling of
safety.
However, what I don't want tohappen is six weeks go by, then
we're still out of a job,haven't found anything yet, and
we're starting to get desperate.
When we get desperate, we makebad decisions.
Also, when you're desperate, theperson that you were

(08:25):
interviewing with, they cansmell it on you.
There is a certain way thatdesperate people look and sound
and feel, and there's an energyin the room that we just do not
like.
So this couple that I'm workingwith, I said, at week five, if
you have not booked your nextjob, you get to go to Target or

(08:51):
Walmart or your local store,whatever it is, and you pick up
an hourly wage job.
You go work, cash register, yousign people in and out of
Costco, whatever it is you needto do.
But we are not going to besitting back and waiting for

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life to happen to us.
By going and getting a job wheresome money is coming in, that's
so much better than no moneycoming in.
So what you have to do.
Is put yourself in a position towin.
Now, when it comes to lookingfor what's next, there are four
steps, but I'm not going to givethose to you today.

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The first four steps to winningand finding that new career,
will come out in episode 114.
That means you're going to haveto wait two weeks to get those
four steps, but I promise youthe wait will be worth it.
If you have been fired and youneed somebody to talk to, you

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know, you can reach out to me.
You know, I'm here, all you haveto do is get on my calendar.
Scroll down to the work with mebutton in the show notes and I
will be there for you.
If you're not sure about thecareer that you're, that you
were in, if you were, Feeling alittle wishy washy.

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I have a career assessment on mywebsite resources page.
You can go check it out or youcan scroll down in the show
notes and I will have the careerassessment down there for you.
I look forward to talking to yousoon Accelerators.
Until then, go out and make adifference.
thank you for spending time withus today on Money and Career
Mastery from Overwhelm toOwnership.

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Until then take ownership ofyour future and build your
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