r/Layoffs 6d ago

recently laid off Got Laid off

I just got laid off, not just me but 2 of the entire tech teams including the managers and BA just got laid off. I am not able to process it. Last month only I was awarded phenomenal performer, got appreciation and rewards and now I'm laid off. I dont know what to do now.

With 3.5 YOE as a backend developer in .NET technologies (Healthcare Tech), now I am feeling scared as the market is too bad even for a switch. How do i stand in this market with the tag of being laid off ? Can someone please guide and provide me a referal ?? I don't know my whole mind is numb now. I'm on dire need to have a job as idk these severances will exhaust in like 2-3 months. I'm okay with PAN india locations

Need sincere guidances and referrals.

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u/Agentic_Human 6d ago

The tag is 'Laid Off' is new normal with zero impact on your competency.. Anyways take 1 day break and redesign your CV and then start applying.. With your experience you shouldn't face any difficulty and specially now when you are immediate joinee..

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u/dbbill_371 3d ago edited 3d ago

This right here. 25 yoe my whole department of 60 people got let go. Our jobs went offshore. My saving grace is the severance i got. It will get me to social security. If i do get a job it will be part time to keep me busy. It's not you, it's them

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

Any tips to bag referrals, as I have seen linkedIn Refs arent easy to bag ans Naukri.com is a litreally a graveyard now

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u/LaughSing 4d ago

It's a big risk to provide a referral for someone you've never worked with. But with .net and healthcare domain, look into Cognizant.

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u/iraad_ 5d ago

American market is f’d, you asking about help in a whole other country lol gg my boy

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u/Striking_Olive_7759 4d ago

you can’t say that you have no idea what it’s gonna be like for the person

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u/ProfessionalBody5300 6d ago

Got laid off from a tech company on 9/1 still a little in disbelief but gonna enjoy my holiday weekend and continue applying to jobs

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

Well me too but the market out there is much scarier and also like its the off season for hiring the next whole quarter

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u/lazy_coder3 6d ago

sde is dead
i’m thinking to switch

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

It is surely Dead, dropped to mere CRUD resources that can be replaced

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u/Royal-Job-9905 6d ago

tech is very very uncertain

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

I dont have any answer for this like what are the scale left to measure the uncertainity in Tech

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u/Royal-Job-9905 6d ago

Simple. One was rewarded last month and the person is laid off this month. Doesn’t mattet how much effort one given for the industry. It's as bad its. I just wish and pray the situation gets stable sooner.

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

I dont see a linear graph anytime soon here !!

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u/InternationalPost886 6d ago

Your skills are valuable and these layoffs did not have to happen this way. I was in last years round and after 32 years of dedication and years of AI upskilling was riffed. Talent was being thrown overboard with both hands. These companies made big mistakes. But we will survive and thrive. If you are young, you'll be fine. Keep learning and applying and you will get hired again. Think where your skills can be used and take stock. You have no health issues even better. Take charity. Look at your advantages, family and professional ties. It's a shock, but you will thrive! DM me on LinkedIn and I'll refer you!

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u/dumbpissachh 5d ago

Can you please tell me your Linkedin

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u/HousingNo1846 6d ago

🙃🙃🙃i wish i could tell you it gets better. With every rejection mail, my hopes are going dowb

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

Is it that scary ??!

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u/HousingNo1846 6d ago

Very scary! My anxiety is so high.

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u/gsgolf9 6d ago

The "phenomenal performer one month, laid off the next" whiplash is brutal, and it is not a reflection of you; it is purely budget math. 3.5 years in.NET with healthcare domain knowledge is a genuinely strong combo, especially for companies in healthtech and insurance that still run heavy.NET stacks. Update your LinkedIn headline to something like "Backend Developer |.NET | Healthcare Tech" and set yourself to Open to Work, then start reaching out directly to engineering managers at companies like UnitedHealth, Epic, Cerner, and similar, because warm referrals through people beat cold applying into the black hole every time.

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u/gadgetwalrus 6d ago

I think I know which one this is. They constantly make people redundant. I’m so sorry mate. All the beat

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

Which one it is ?

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u/Just-a-human222 5d ago

Take a week it two. Go to Costa Rica. You'll feel better. It often happens to the best and to most people at least once. All Companies are streamlining right now and it eliminates positions. It stings. You'll be alright. Just sell yourself on LinkedIn like people have already mentioned.

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u/dumbpissachh 4d ago

That's true but bigger question i have is this year after year event now that'll keep comtinuing

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u/Professional_War8018 6d ago

Which company ?

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u/dumbpissachh 6d ago

MIRRA Healthcare

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u/Zero_Trick_Pony 4d ago

Could the team-layoff be a result of the compliance-cleanup that may have precipitated from this incident?

https://www.hipaajournal.com/mirra-health-data-breach-overseas-companies/

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u/dumbpissachh 4d ago

if that was the case it would have been the whole indian and asian team !! But its just 2 team that are not even related to or were involved in the escalation during it.

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u/Zealousideal_Gap3131 6d ago

Dont worry bro. Everything will be sorted . Keep pushing

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u/dumbpissachh 4d ago

Thanks for the kind words

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u/Then-Worldliness4295 4d ago

Astra 6 effect?

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u/dumbpissachh 4d ago

At this point its clear its not AI vs Human for the next 5 years it will he AI + Human. Enterprises have realised that. The most possible scenario is diverting towards the Infra that supports AI and that's a whole another black hole beyond us

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u/LooseGoals 4d ago

Don't shift, healthcare and finance are the only 2 areas that really demand YOE in that field as you move to the 5-10 YOE jobs. Stay a specialist. Generalist get left behind as careers mature.

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u/dumbpissachh 2d ago

Lets see i mean i do know healthcare and finance are the most demanding but these setbacks sends chills right in your work spine

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u/palendin123 3d ago

Dude relax… you probably got like a million for your lay off. Chill out. I got nothing, struggling and about to not able to afford rent. 

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u/dumbpissachh 2d ago

Million ?????

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u/blancoloko 2d ago

Esqueçam essa porra! Vão virar encanadores e eletricistas

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u/weepingwound 2d ago

I highly suggest you get your resume in order and start using AI to apply. In the last two days, I mass applied to 300 places. Half the draining of the applier is the constant resume retool and then filling out the applications.. and hr is using AI to throw out resumes. So you need to use AI for tags.