Redundant again - second time in 5 months.
I’m in the UK. I stayed at my first job out of uni for 9 years until November 2025 when I was made redundant. The business had been floundering for over a year so it wasn’t surprising.
I picked myself back up and have been fairly successful for interviews, though I’ve learned that the only thing that got me them was being fully compatible with the job description.
I took a job at a startup in January 2026, which had only existed since 2025. This morning I get the news that I’m redundant again.
I’m not sad about the job, I had been furiously applying elsewhere since my first week as I could tell it was an absolute fucking shambles (they didn’t even pay me on time, if that helps set the scene). But I’m just devastated that it’s happened to me again so quickly. I do not do well with instability and change as it is (I’m AuDHD), and I just feel hopeless for the industry and my future at this point.
Just a rant. I know and very much appreciate that it could always be worse, and that I’m lucky to have had interviews. But I’m still so gutted.