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I hesitated to post this because I know that there are a lot of people out there who aren't in a life situation where they could choose to see getting fired as a positive thing, but the psychological whiplash I went through was too funny not to share. This happened to me once before. I was at a startup company that was restructuring. If I didn't get a new role by 2pm at the end of the week, I'd be part of the layoffs. I had already seen a bunch of my friends get shown the door. Toward the end of the week I started to accept my fate and by Friday, I was looking forward to it. It was 1pm. I only had one hour left before they'd cut me loose. 1:30pm and my phone hasn't rung. 1:50pm... still nothing. Looks like I'm done. I go to the cafeteria to get something to drink and get ready to say goodbye. I'm quite happy. 1:55pm. My phone rings. I ignore it. I hope it goes away. Same person calls right back. It's my new boss. I'm getting congratulated and welcomed to their team and I'm just like... ugh. Thank you.