Have you experienced guilt during your career journey?

Sarah Kebea

August 18,2022 at 7:17PM UTC

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Have you experienced guilt during your career journey?

Different types of guilt can come to the surface at different stages of one's career. Career guilt can be felt during career changes, promotions, and going back to work after maternity leave.

If you've experienced career guilt in the past — how were you able to let it go and move past it?

Let us know in the comments to help other Fairygodboss members!

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Sarah KebeaAugust 19,2022 at 1:11PM UTC
Thank you so much for sharing this Elizabeth!
Julie HumbirdAugust 19,2022 at 6:42PM UTC
Yes, when working in Corporate IT. So. Many. Layoffs. The CIO was looking for all opportunities to move tech jobs out of the US and into lower-income countries. I was sent to a country far from the US to train replacements for my US colleagues. The conditions were terrible. No windows or air conditioning for the main helpdesk space. No possibility to work from home. Not enough pay to live nearby the office (long commutes). The worst part was that they were all forced to work US hours so they never ate dinner with their families on work days. After that experience and losing my entire team to a mass layoff, I finally quit so I could warn them all months before they would become unemployed.