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A2. Layoff Glossary
Layoffs come with their own vocabulary, often used at the exact moment you're least able to look things
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A1. Where to get Help
Your head and your wellbeing. If you're struggling, talk to your GP or doctor first. In the UK
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14. Before you go
If this guide helped, don't let it be a one-off.
Every week I write Stuff that MattRs,
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13. Build your own Roof
Let's end where the whole series started.
The contract was always transactional. The loyalty was always conditional.
Once
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12. Watch Your Back
Here's something nobody warned me about.
The moment you're laid off and visibly looking, you become
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11. You're not job hunting. The rules have changed.
Here's a trap.
People treat the next job search like the last one, just with more competition.
It
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10. Claim what you're Owed
There's money the state owes you when you lose a job, and a surprising number of people never
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9. Runway buys you the thing that panic steals
Back in post two you worked out your runway. This post is about flying on it without doing something stupid
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8. Mind Yourself
The job hunt gets all the attention.
The search, the CV, the applications, the networking. And meanwhile the one thing
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7. The Loss You Have Permission to Feel
Everyone focuses on the money.
The money is the easy part to talk about. In my experience, it 's
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6. The First Number is not the Last Number
Many people sign the first offer they're given. Not because it's fair. Because they want the
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5. How Consultation Actually Works (where ever you are)
💡Important bit - I'm not a lawyer, or an employment law expert - so read this as 'advice'
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4. Pack a Career Go Bag
The cruellest thing about a layoff isn't the decision. It's the speed.
In some markets, one
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3. You Already Know
Most people aren't blindsided by a layoff. Not really. They felt it coming for weeks and talked themselves
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2. Layoffs are the Weather now
Every round of cuts still gets reported like a surprise. A shock. A sign that something somewhere has gone wrong.
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1. Why I Wrote this
I've been laid off twice in the last six years.
So I'm not writing this from
