<human>: Incoming background story for this...

After graduating from university, I managed to gain a trainee role with a small business, and originally took up the position based on a promise of study support after a year of work.

After spending about 2 years working for them, and with little hope of this promise being fulfilled, the company finally admits to having too many overhead costs compared with the income it was gaining from it's clients. They solved this recently by laying off some staff.

The twist to this story is that, as a result of this unfortunate event for my colleagues, the boss intends to move me to a different office, give me more responsibly, train me up on the relevant skills for the job, provide full study support, and a wage increase. The irony of the situation was that I was searching for another job prior to this event.

I'm keeping an open mind to the overall situation though, as there is a significant difference between saying and doing; but I do hope said promises are fulfilled.

Summarize the given text in a few sentences.
<bot>: Lost hope in a job, colleagues get laid off to save money for the business, and I end up with the training and responsibility I was after.