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Old 05-23-2024, 04:11 PM  
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Well, new life experience for me. I took a job at a startup in the ed tech field around 3 years ago. Yesterday, I found out that that time was coming to an end. Around 25% of employees were laid off (300ish out of 1200ish) including me and my entire team.

They're venture-capital funded, and while I wasn't entirely surprised that layoffs were coming given some pretty rough financial headwinds this year, I wasn't at all expecting them to just cut my entire function. Kind of surreal.

I knew that startups were notoriously shaky when it comes to stability, and though it sucks to see it come to an end so abruptly, I suppose it's nice to have made a lot of money off of a bunch of investors. The severance package is, honestly, kind of crazy (4 months pay + 6 months paid health insurance + my laptop + free online classes + a plethora of job placement services). Thanks, VC funds!

In the end, I don't regret anything, but it's a very weird feeling to be out of a job for the first time since I was probably 14. It's hard to know what to do with myself, though I figure my "job" becomes job hunting...next week.

No need for sympathy - I'm actually kind of excited to look for something new. I'll at least have plenty of time to try and fail to fix my shit over the summer.
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:11 PM   #31
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Sorry to hear that man. When I got laid off last year and made a thread about it everyone said how id bounce back better. I thought they were just being nice turns out they were right. You got this enjoy your summer
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:15 PM   #32
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Sorry to hear that man. When I got laid off last year and made a thread about it everyone said how id bounce back better. I thought they were just being nice turns out they were right. You got this enjoy your summer
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:16 PM   #33
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Heh... while it doesn't often make the cut to the actual resume I submit, I do actually have a bullet about CP on my master resume. SQL skills are sometimes a nice to have in my line of work, and I can spin my work here to make it sound good enough.
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:26 PM   #34
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1. Fix your shit DaFace
2. When a door closes, a window pops open
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:31 PM   #35
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One door closes and another opens... You are a talented guy and will look back at this as just another fork in the path. Good luck!
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:32 PM   #36
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Man, that sucks!

I hope you are able to land on your feet quickly. I was laid off last October and am still looking for work. The market is tough with hundreds of applicants for each job.
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:36 PM   #37
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You cant see behind the next door until you fully close the door that's behind you.
I was in a similar situation almost 3 years ago and now I'm much more happy and more prosperous.
Being confident in what you are capable of (in which you are) will make the next door easy for you to open.
Enjoy your break in the action though, I sure did.
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:37 PM   #38
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Man, that sucks!

I hope you are able to land on your feet quickly. I was laid off last October and am still looking for work. The market is tough with hundreds of applicants for each job.
Shit man that sucks. Sorry to hear.
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Sorry to hear that man. You'll find something else. Shit happens. Long as you gave it your all you got nothing to be ashamed of.
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Sorry, brother. That is a sweet, sweet severance package, though. Enjoy summer and take your time. You'll find something better and it will be awesome.
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The good news is that I worked at a tech company, but I'm not a "tech worker" per se. I'm still not going to assume the job hunt will be easy, but I hopefully will at least not be applying to many jobs with a thousand applicants.
Do you play golf? This is the perfect time for a good severance like that this time of year!

I volunteered for a layoff one time when I heard they were handing out 90 day severance packages. Played golf virtually every day, then started new job on the last day of the severance!

Good time to recharge the batteries on their dime.
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Well that sux. Tho the severance package seems nice.


Gives you plenty of time to try out that chicken ranch combo I read about earlier though.
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Sorry to hear that man. When I got laid off last year and made a thread about it everyone said how id bounce back better. I thought they were just being nice turns out they were right. You got this enjoy your summer
When you're laid off everyone likes to say "you'll find something, you'll bounce back, don't worry about it you're smart and talented and you will end up in something great"


It always rings hollow, it's an easy way for your friends to skip ahead in their mind after you've done all the hard work to find something new and it just works out. I kind of find it lazy of my friend group because the hard work is something they don't have to think about but rather just assume you'll do it.

Not that they're wrong or like, obligated to fix your problem. But I do like it when friends offer advice that has actually actionable suggestions.

I had a friend suggest doing LinkedIn Premium which costs money but it was instrumental in helping me find my last two jobs.

LinkedIn tries to be social media and is full of nonsense but there are a LOT of tools there. I'd have to say I suggest it.
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