There Comes a Point in Everyone’s Career When We Discover We Are Disposable

3 months pregnant and made redundant

Published in

The Startup

5 min readMar 17

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Photo by Ali Karimiboroujeni on Unsplash

I always believed the “we are family” slogan in every 9-5 job.

Later in my career I realized we’re all disposable. This is both sad and bloody inspiring for us all.

3 months pregnant and made redundant

Tim Denning

Written by Tim Denning

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The Startup

Aussie Blogger with 500M+ views — Writer for CNBC & Business Insider. Inspiring the world through Personal Development and Entrepreneurship — timdenning.com/mb

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