Got a $7k bonus on a Tuesday, laid off by Friday, same company

I hit my sales goal for Q3 and my manager handed me a check at the 2pm standup, saying "you earned this." Two days later HR called me into a room with a box already packed and said the whole team was cut, so now I'm job hunting and wondering if I should even list that bonus on my resume. Anyone else had a win and a loss hit in the same week like that?

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susan_wright341mo ago

Watched a buddy of mine go through almost the same thing last year. He closed the biggest deal of his career on a Thursday, his boss took the whole team out for drinks to celebrate, and by Monday morning the office was locked and everyone's badge stopped working. He said the weird part was how fast the celebration turned into a job hunt, like flipping a switch. He kept the win on his resume but listed it as hitting his sales number, not as a bonus, since the number is what actually shows what he can do. The bonus part just invites questions nobody wants to answer in an interview.

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