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Why Job Loss Can Devastate Identity Even When the Job Was Unwanted

I got fired for the first time in my life and I feel like my entire identity has been erased even though I hated that job.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Work provides identity and social belonging that transcends job satisfaction, making its loss traumatic regardless of personal feelings about the role.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and time — the exchange at the heart of work?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.