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Disestablished

Okay, this is a bit of a personal post.

I just came out of a meeting at my day job with Epic Learning, and my role has been disestablished, along with the majority of the rest of the team. 🙁 -Or to be more accurate we are in the 'consultation period'.

While it is not a huge surprise, work has been sparse all year, it is still a punch in the gut, and the team is pretty gutted. We all worked really well together. It was one of those teams that if we were all in the same place we would 100% meet up and spend the afternoon together (we are a remote company spread around New Zealand). I had only just signed a new contract with them at the end of last year with more responsibility and a pay rise...

A big part of the problem is the low demand for educational services this year due to AI.

We were an early adopter of AI and were using it at the cutting edge in our industry for the past couple of years. But now people feel that they can get what they need from AI directly, I guess.🤔

Anyway, I felt I should let you know in the community what is going on.

It should not change anything with this community. I am still committed to growing this community, and helping people with their talks, presentations and pitches (which is different from what I was doing at Epic Learning as an instructional designer).

I recognise I am only one person being affected by the current economy, and there are many others worse off, so I am not hunting sympathy, just keeping it real. 😉

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