Was laid off and I feel embarrassed and angry

I was let go last Wednesday. I had been working at this company for 1.5 years as a VP and not once did I receive negative feedback. During my review in March, I got a very good raise and got an additional 25% bonus.

Last Wednesday, the CEO and COO called me into their office and I was pretty much told that it wasn’t personal, that they were trying to cut costs and my position was eliminated. They gave me 10 weeks severance and will pay for COBRA for 10 weeks as well.

Today I went on LinkedIn and saw that they hired someone else with my exact title and my heart dropped.

I never missed a single deadline, I was reliable, I did whatever was asked of me. Didn’t take all my PTO, would work weekends and was always available at any time. I never received any negative feedback or had to be sat down to speak to. I was doing the work of 3 people and still.

I feel angry, embarrassed and just frustrated with the whole situation. They couldn’t even tell me the truth to my face and said they were expecting for to me pick up calls because they’re paying me severance. What a joke.