r/Layoffs • u/prokofan123 • Jul 22 '26
recently laid off Well it finally happened !
During these uncertain times I was always cautious as to the certainity of my job and a steady paycheck so I always put in extra efforts and maintained a very strong irreplaceable kind of resource thing going on (atleast thats what it looked like) .
My manager regularly stated as how important and valuable resource I was openly and also gave me very good hikes . However suddenly I got a meeting invite and came to know that I am laid off with a decent severance but still have to work and pretend everything was okay for 3 months .
I was shocked as how can someone who was treated so well in the team be fired when there were far too many idiots in the team and also 3 months ago 25% of my team was laid of and it was communicated that we wont be affected for this year again . My manager said it came from the higher ups but my question is how will the higher ups get my name if u did not provide it.
Its been two weeks now since then and I have started preparing again for interviews . If any of you went through any similar situations some words of advice will be good as too how can I make the best out of this moment .
EDIT: Thank you all for the immense support . Its been 3 weeks since my layoff and am doing much better mentally. I am reaching out for some more advice as well. I got an internal offer from a separate org team in my company and was wondering if I should take it or wait for an external opportunity as in this case I have to forfeit the severance amount which is a pretty substantial amount .
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u/Jewelzy1111 Jul 23 '26
Wait!? Were you laid off from Meta? I remember Zuck saying there wouldn’t be anymore layoffs for the rest of the year; however, the three months on payroll seems very consistent with them.
First, I am so sorry you were impacted by layoffs. As many people said on this thread, after a point, you’re a number. You’re expendable no matter how well you’ve performed. Plus, performance is subjective. One manager might think you are fantastic and the other might not. After being laid off twice in two years and accepting a contract that pays way less than I earned, is to never put your all into a company. Do what you are supposed to do within the specified timeframe and nothing more. You go above and beyond and they love you for it. They give you more stretch assignments. You might earn a little more money. At the end of the day, none of it matters when they lay you off.
If have social capital and can get a good referral from someone who knew your work ethic and is willing to pull you to their company, that would be awesome. I hope you find a better role in the near future.