The Invite
An ordinary one-on-one on the calendar. I joined the call. HR was already there. Twelve years of work, and I knew before anyone said a word.
“HR was already on the call.”
The story · By RG Mo
Twelve years. Seven minutes. A life after the title.
I thought I knew what security meant. Then an ordinary meeting changed everything.
A layoff. A reckoning. A different life.
The story behind the open door.
The 7 Minutes
My laptop. My email. My badge. Gone while I was still on the call. I had spent my career protecting access. Now the security leader was being deprovisioned like any other account.
“I was still on the call when my access disappeared.”
The Dark Week
First came shock. Then anger. I sat in the car, not ready to go inside. For twelve years, my title had answered a question I had forgotten to ask.
“Who am I without the title?”
The Awakening
Faith. Family. The RV park in Texas. The house in Albania. The things outside a company that were still mine. I began to see a different kind of security.
“I spent my life securing systems and never secured my own freedom.”
The Gift
I cannot undo your layoff. I cannot promise what comes next. But I can offer a place to pause. A week without rent. Some quiet. Room to remember that your life is bigger than your job.
“So I opened my homes.”
In his own words
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A story best told by the person who lived it.