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Well, I think people who are retrenched, immediately their first thought is they have been sacked, and people are using retrenchment as a nice way of saying "We don't want you anymore". The good news is twenty years ago, being retrenched was a real stigma. Today many people are being retrenched. Organisations are changing, upsizing, downsizing, being taken over, merged, so retrenchment's now just a normal part of being at work.
But I think it's an opportunity, I think you should ... the moment you get over the sort of awful feeling of saying "I'm out of work", (if it's a good organisation, of course, they'll be managing a program for you to help you find more work, but not many organisations manage job process effectively,) so you have to be the manager of your next opportunity.
And I think once you get over the shock, I think if you sit down and try and think about things, saying "this is a chance for me to do something new ... maybe better." OK? "This is a chance for me to do something new," and "What do I really want to do? What do I love in life? What do I do in that job? And what didn't I like about it? What would I like to change?"
So, take it as an opportunity, try to be really positive about it, ask other people what they think you're good at. Look at yourself, think about what you love, what your passions are in life, and maybe go and get that job that you've always dreamed of.
But certainly, don't worry, because there's more work out there, even if you've got to take on something temporarily as a waiter or something in the hospitality business or a call center until you get what you want, it's an opportunity for real change.