An Ohio woman was able to turn a major negative into a life-changing positive after being abruptly fired from her job.
Many of us live in constant fear of being unceremoniously fired from their jobs. A 2023 survey of 1,000 U.S. workers commissioned by online CV and cover letter writing platform Zety found 58 percent were afraid of getting fired.
Mariah Witzberger, 25, from Columbus, experienced that nightmare scenario a couple of months ago when she was suddenly let go from her marketing job with little in the way of warning.
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“I was blindsided by it,” Witzberger told Newsweek. “I had a meeting put on my calendar the day before and I asked my boss what it was about but she wouldn’t tell me. I walked into the meeting and they told me that my job was being moved to Poland effective immediately.”
What made the situation worse was the manner in …