Thread regarding Chesapeake Energy Corp. layoffs

Just wanted to give my two cents. I do not work for CHK, never have, but am an OKC native who now lives outside of Oklahoma but am in the industry and have always followed CHK out of curiosity. I went through a layoff just about one year ago. All of your thoughts, outside of the trolls, are extremely common with what I went through. The folks who were let go feel hurt, afraid, somewhat happy it's at least over, thought they could see it coming. The folks who stay feel bad others left, feel lucky to have a job, but perhaps guilty they were the ones to stay. It's such a complicated issue that it's not as simple as the ones who were let go weren't good or valuable. The ones who stayed weren't necessarily more valuable, either. The company makes a decision for the betterment of the company and that has negative effects, but overall it's necessary. I was one who let go and I didn't understand, still don't fully - I always received stellar reviews, constant praise from my direct boss to the CEO and other departments spoke highly of me - while either overpaid/underworking counterparts or similarly compensated/less experienced were able to stay. I don't want to get into specifics, but it wasn't fair. My dad always told me that. I've countered with it's not unfair either. Go out, make lemons out of lemonades. I have a better job at a better company with a higher upside today than I did one year ago. Granted, situations are different and I was "lucky". Some folks had a little harder time finding work; some who stayed hate the company now given what it's become. Some are just content with whatever. Some were more prepared than others, regardless of if they saw it coming - when corporate brass tells you one thing, you don't necessarily see the opposite coming. I questioned myself many times why I didn't move sooner, why wasn't it my decision to leave - not theirs. It was like getting dumped by the person you were planning to dump. What was wrong with me? Why me? I don't know, never will. But don't let this define you. I might not ever make sense to you, and it might sting for a while. But you're certainly not alone and I hope you look back in a year and can at least hope it was for the best. Good luck to all of you in your searches.