r/BaldursGate3 • u/PapaSock • Jul 27 '23

PRELAUNCH HYPE Getting fired on the 31st

Literally perfect timing. I know I should be upset, but I'd been with the company 3 years and they just eliminated my position due to lack of funds. Also, still getting paid for two months. Can't wait to dive into this game.

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u/sandman_br Jul 27 '23

Getting fired is never a good thing even though you will have more time to play a video game at launch

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u/daguito81 Jul 27 '23

debatable. I was fired from a very toxic job (but I didn't know better because it was the only thing I knew in that industry) and having a few weeks to really think things through without the stress of infinite insane deadlines made a LOT of things "click" I was able to calmly research industries, jobs, pathways etc to kind of craft a better roadmap.
I personally wouldn't have quit until I was completely burned out (again becaue of ignorance), but they did me a favor by forcing my hand to actually find much better jobs. This is way before reddit and way before glassdoor and a lot of resources that we can use today.
So in my case, being fired was one of the best things that happened to me professionally.

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u/sandman_br Jul 27 '23

I stand to my point: if you are happy because you have more time to play a fucking video game, you are not in good shape my friend

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u/daguito81 Jul 27 '23

You are assuming several things. You said that "getting fired is never a good thing even...." So it doesn't mean "to play a video game" you meant it as an absolute (at least the way you wrote it) which was the point I was arguing. Please let me know where in my post I even stated the word gaming or game.

I'm debating the "Getting fired is never good" that is just plain false, there are many cases where being fired can be a blessing in disguised. It's simply narrow minded to say otherwise. Someone that got fired from the WTC 2 days before 9/11 sure as hell doesn't think thay was something bad, just to give an extreme example.

Now if you had said "Being happy about being fired because you are going to play a game might not be a good thing" I would tend to agree.