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> Hard Truth #1: Getting laid off is a profoundly lonely experience. When I was laid off, it was very comforting to rebuild community with others who were laid
by mildweed 4y ago
> Hard Truth #1: Getting laid off is a profoundly lonely experience.
When I was laid off, it was very comforting to rebuild community with others who were laid off at the same time.
We started a Slack instance where we:
* shared resources with each other
* complained and vented and healed together
* celebrated each other's new jobs
* continued the network for years after
- kyrra 4y ago100%. My last layoff was in 2011, but at that time they closed the entire office I was in at the time (50 of us laid off). We helped eachother find places to interview and met up once a week to have lunch. I ended up working remotely with 3 of my old co-workers.