They fired a third of the team. You weren’t one of them.
Congratulations. Now do their work too.
Nobody talks about layoff survivors. The company celebrated “right-sizing.” The laid-off people got severance and sympathy. You got their project list and a meeting invite that says “transitioning responsibilities.”
You’re supposed to feel grateful. Lucky. “At least you still have a job.” And you do. You have yours and two-thirds of theirs.
The layoff survivor isn’t lucky. They’re subsidizing the layoff with their labor. The company got the savings. You got the work. And if you complain, you’re “not a team player” — which, coincidentally, is what they called the people they fired.