I've been with the same on-call event serving company for 8 years — started when I was 16, literally grew up there. I’m 24 now. This year was rough. They gave me fewer than 15 six-hour shifts all year. Cool, slow season, whatever. Then one day… nothing. No more schedules. No more weekly HR emails. Got quietly kicked out of the GroupMe I’d been in for years. No conversation, no “thank you,” no heads-up. Just ghosted after almost a decade. That’s corporate loyalty in 2025. You’re family until the numbers get tight, then you’re deleted like an old meme. Kinda hurts, not gonna lie. But I’m actually thankful. Forced me to bet on myself and build my own thing. Never felt freer. Friendly reminder: Job security is a myth. They don’t love you. Love yourself enough to have your own plan. 8 years gone in one silent delete. If that’s not a wake-up call, I don’t know what is. Drop a💖 if you’ve ever been quietly let go, too.