Being involuntarily ousted from a job—whether that be from a layoff or firing—is a universal, career-altering experience that very few professionals are lucky enough to never go through.
Many of the greats have gotten the boot: Steve Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 after an intense power struggle at the $4.85 trillion company, and Oprah Winfrey was fired from her job as a TV anchor in Baltimore, deemed “unfit” for the role. Even pioneering inventor Thomas Edison was dumped from several jobs while he continued to shape our modern world.
