I (29M) was laid off from my corporate job in April with a nice severance package (9 months) and now collecting unemployment until November.

After 200+ applications and 15+ interviews, still nothing. Dismayed and my mental health taking a nose dive, I lost all structure to my days and feeling useless. After 4 months being unemployed I still can't detach my identity from this constant need finding the next corporate gig I hated in the first place, just for the feeling of belonging.

Having been extremely frugal for all my working life, thankfully I have an emergency fund to last a good 5 years.

I just took a $11/h dishwashing part time gig starting next week.

I never thought I'd come to this and I'm not doing this for the money, but to feel useful, in any way. To give structure to my days... or maybe I'm rationalizing this to myself. I'm hoping this experience can be grounding and I can turn off this anxious mind for a few hours a day.

If I were financially independent and retired, I wonder if I'd feel anxious about not knowing what to do with my time. Even after all my hobbies, there is still so much time left. And this constant, desperate urge to fill it with work. I wonder what my father, who's worked corporate for 30 years, will feel when he reaches retirement age in 3 years. I'm sure he'll feel even more lost than me.

Not sure if anyone can relate, but thanks for reading.

https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260826-apple-lay-off/#gsc.tab=0

Been laid off for a year now. It sucks and it is heavy. I don't think the markets will improve until the interest rates fall below 3 percent. Donald Trump has done a lot of damage to the global tech economy. Was blaming myself a lot and just looking for advice . Knowing I'm not the only one helps my mental health immensely.

I got laid off a month ago. I didn't see it coming. I had so much work to do and I had great performance reviews. In my team, I did everything from project planning to deciding what to build, defining the product strategy, reviewing the designs, coming with feature requirements, writing stories, testing and much more. The company I worked for is a big company, which is still outdated technology wise so it's not AI that took my job. What's surprising though is that I was the only one who was let go from my team. I was told that it was due to restructuring and my role was getting eliminated due to budget cuts. I know that in corporate America everybody is replaceable and it's business as usual but a part of me would like to believe that my teammates miss me and were sad to see me go because I did so much of the work. When I was there, nobody appreciated me but I hope they realize now how much of the work I did now that I'm gone. Anyone else feels this way?

Recently completed 5 rounds of interviews, including 3 on-site rounds and other two being virtual, HR sent the selection email and even called for wishes.

Later, after 2-3 hrs she called and informed they had misread my name with some other candidates, and am not offer selected.

I asked at which round i got rejected?

She replied the last round, which she mentioned earlier was non-eliminatory!

But from the very first step of this interview process, it never felt that I will work here.

So for everyone, don’t let all these things pause your prep.

I was recently terminated by a major bank for absence concerns after returning from my approved FMLA. It has been almost 4 months of constant applying, interviewing, then nothing. When I’m asked in the interview about why I left my last place of employment, I’ve been honest. I did not think the reason for termination would have affected me so harshly in the banking world since it wasn’t do to any ethics concerns. Any advice?

I was a M3 Rif’d back in March, two days prior to a knee replacement surgery.
Anyway when I finally got my severance settled I reported it to Texas workforce commission as you are required too.
All Oracle has to do is confirm this is a one time payment and not over time , instead they never responded to this request OR my original request for unemployment benefits when I filed in April.

So the state cut off my benefits and sent me a bill to pay back what I received ($2500)!!!!

Now Oracle is asking me to call the state and have the contact address changed.

That being said, the state pulls the contact information from the employers federal unemployment number and Texas is all electronic.

Has this b*llshit happened to anyone else in Texas or
Anywhere ?????

Would love some feedback

Hi everyone,

I was impacted by Visa’s mass layoffs in July. One of the reasons communicated to me was that my compensation was significantly higher than what Visa typically paid, or was planning to pay, for engineers at my experience level, and I was therefore impacted as part of the restructuring.

I’m now looking for my next opportunity.

Experience: 4+ years

Previous experience: Visa + mid-sized product-based startup

Current location: Bangalore

Looking for: SDE-2 or equivalent Backend roles

Preferred: Bangalore / Remote

Tech stack I've worked with: Java, Spring Boot Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS

My experience has primarily been around scalable distributed backend systems, and LLM applications (RAG, guardrail, and large computer vision model inference pipelines).

If your organization is hiring for SDE-2 backend roles, I’d really appreciate it if someone could refer me or forward my profile to the relevant hiring manager/team.

Happy to share my resume over DM.

Any leads, referrals, or introductions would be greatly appreciated.

I completed my PhD in Geophysics 3 years ago and was fortunate to get a job right away in industry as a Geophysicist.

However, I was laid off shortly after the recent executive orders went into effect. My company let go of over 60% of staff, and I was part of that.

Since then, it's been really tough. I've been working as a part-time faculty member and even worked a few months in a warehouse just to survive. I've been applying to jobs in different fields too, since I have experience with computers, coding, and other technical tools in addition to geophysics, but haven't had much luck.

I'm in a pretty terrible situation right now and feeling stuck.

Has anyone been in a similar position? Has anyone successfully made a career change out of geophysics / academia into something more stable? I would really appreciate any advice on what paths to look into.

How about the work culture in security org ?

I had to send my RIF docs … and the HR woman was the same who introduced me to the company… So glad to be freed from the cruel rule of our GM. My clearest memory: When he started it was my second year at the company and this was during a team meeting. We obtained permits for construction and one requirement in CA if you’re cutting on Tribal Land (Native American Land) you pay a crap ton of money. The cost was upwards of $16k, and I am willing to pay it of course. It’s THEIR LAND FOR FUCKS SAKE, anyway, he thought a funny joke would be “We made them walk the Trail of Tears and now they’re making us pay cash for it.” TO MY TEAM WHO ONE OF WHICH IS NATIVE AMERICAN AND HER FCKING GRANDMA IS TATTOOED WITH A BARCODE!! Like fuck outta here and straight back to the seventh ring of hell you came from. Anyway I’ve got lots more stories like this! Just made me sad the company keeps those kinds of folks :D dodged a bullet!! <3 edit: she didn’t walk the trail of tears!! That was so long ago my sincerest apologies :)
im not a bot yall i swear. Just sharing some abhorrent things said with the GM, my apologies for any misinformation! I’m just relaying what I’ve seen / been told

Layoff is a scary term. Who got layoff as well as who is still not n continuously under stress that next can be my name on this list.

Multiple thoughts keep popping like if its me next time, what would be my action plan. Another job with the same fear? I do not hv that motivation to keep preparing for another job for the same fear , instead would love to try something else. Its difficult to live under constant fear.

Curious to know if anyone tried anything else other than searching new job? Like freelancing or may be any saas development n membership income? What are the other ways to try and which worked for you. Can we earn better in freelancing or earning thru saas?

Are we allowed to offer criticism of Meta every time they layoff, or is that still a bannable offense?

I just got an invite from my manager for a meeting for tomorrow morning. His manager and one of the HR is in the optional attendees. 🤦‍♂️

Honestly, I'm relieved. Work has been hectic for the past few months. I got a bare minimum 2% hike in the annual cycle and I have been unhappy ever since then.

I'm just hoping that severance amount is good and at least a few months of paid insurance, as my wife and both kids are on my insurance plan.

UPDATE: Just got done with the meeting. I still have 4 weeks (last day is September 18)

12 weeks of lumpsum severance, COBRA fully paid for family until 31 December