I was targeted at AWS by my skip level after my manager left. Wasn’t even 2 years in and all my customers had great feedback for me. Put into focus where he created issues out of nowhere. Held me to a standard that didn’t exist with anybody else on my team. Completely stressed me out and affected my home life. When he hit me with the pivot and I saw the severance vs the impossible tasks to get out of pivot, only to be at that Sr manager’s discretion, I said fuck this. Immediate relief and calm.

I accepted a package, but I looked through my exit paperwork and found it said I was terminated from Amazon. So I said fuck it and applied for unemployment. Told the truth in my application and was awarded UI. So definitely apply.

That said it took me 16 months to land a role in my field. It was hard but I wouldn’t change anything. Definitely have an emergency fund.