Help me to start a social media presence after layoff I got laid off last month and since then I have been trying to start my own startup. My target audience are local business and also um making a course where the audience are mostly gen z. I used last month making the website, social media profiles and planning. But I need to start making and putting content on social media to make an audience ba…

LPT: landing on your feet after a layoff Layoffs sucks but there are ways to make the experience less painful. Get your finances in order: Understand your severance, apply for unemployment, and budget your financial runway immediately (including cutting down on expenses). Create a job search plan: It’s not enough to apply & wait. Edit your resume, share it with friends for review or wo…

Budgeting for a possible spouse layoff? I’m looking for advice on how to plan financially for a possible layoff. Without giving away identifying details, my spouse essentially works in the tech industry in a field that has been going through some challenges/changes. His company so far is not doing lay offs, but they have started a hiring freeze and base pay freeze. This job is relativ…

Had to take lower paying job after layoff. How to survive?- Ohio Unfortunately what I thought was a 5yr contract over on a military base turned out not to be so and they pulled back a lot of budgets leading to many positions eliminated including mine. This was back just a couple months ago. Unemployment was helpful but recent life events with emergency car repairs, etc forced me to take a lower paying job tha…

Approaching Layoff Rumors This is my first job post college and things have been going well. However, I was just informed about layoff rumors from someone higher up than me. (Company went through an acquisition, so they’re doing a few rounds of layoffs). I’m hoping to get some perspective on a situation I currently find myself in. My car is currently out of commission d…

Potential layoff due to significant cut down and been offered two options, any suggestions? To give a bit of a context, the company is in the middle of a messy reorganization. It’s a multinational company and I work between different locations between the Middle East and Europe . I’ve been told that I have two options: Get a generous severance package ( more than 6 months with bonuses) and help with getting a job with a partner compan…

Workplace may layoff early next year, steps to prepare? I am sole earner for a family of three, child age 3 (high functioning asd / ‘high needs’). I work in data science for a large tech consulting firm. If company doesn’t hit its projection by the end of the year, they’ll likely be doing layoffs. They are optimistic, but anything can happen I guess. If so, that will be the second round in two years….