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    Two years ago today was my last day of work at PwC, where after 16 years I was a victim of mass layoffs. 6 months later, my wife was also let go (fuck you, Trump), leaving us without health insurance or a sense of stability. By late 2025, PwC had completely dissolved the remaining US Creative team.

    I was luck enough to land a contract position at Edward Jones six months out, and for the last 18 months I held that position, built a team from the ground up and set some pretty high standards. I became quite attached to the team and the designers I had hired and trained.

    Unfortunately, the nature of a contract role is that there are no benefits, and this one was also a significant pay cut from PwC. Don't ask how much health premiums are for a family of four in New York unless you want to punch a wall. Needless to say, I never stopped applying for jobs, randomly clicking through some corporate Workday site for the thousandth time, sending my shitty resume out into the ether, not expecting a response.

    Well shit. I start a new job on Wednesday. Full salary and benefits. I'm back baby!

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    • Nice! Congrats! You just described my near exact situation (and I'm still looking)...

      You guys hiring? (lol)      PonyBoy
    • Congrats. Clientsside or agency?Longcopylover
    • That's great news!canoe
    • https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
    • woot wootpango
    • Excellent news. Good work.Morning_star
    • good stuff. I too worked in corporate before doing my own stuff. But my own stuff has gone pretty slow recently. Trying to get more happening. It's tough!sab
    • Congrats, fellow Triton!Krassy
    • Congrats!BonSeff
    • In house for life :) remote with some occassional manhattan days I supposemonospaced
    • It was hard breaking the news to my team and discuss for and plan for 2 weeks how on earth they’ll actually fill in for me. They do need designers though.monospaced
    • sucks they didnt see your value to convert you from contract. But good on you to keep your eye out.BonSeff
    • Nice mono! fuck yeah.bezoar
    • Yeah it sucks. I talked to the ECD about it a couple of times and they honestly wanted to. But it just isn’t that simple.monospaced
    • Congrats!!!instrmntl
    • Nice work, you made it happen!!spot13
    • Congratulations! You must feel like a zillion, right now!Squiddy
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