I received notice today that my end date with the company will October 1st. I work for a major healthcare company in the US. Been at the company for 3 1/2 years. The writing was on the wall for about two months. Daily meetings were canceled, managers going radio silent and just a lower morale among the team. Also, less assignments and no 1:1’s. This is not my first rodeo. I was laid off from a different company four years ago. The economy is worse now. The writing is always on the wall before a layoff. I wish everyone luck in their endeavors.

I received a meeting invite at 3:30 pm today for tomorrow at 8:00 am titled, "Team Update - MUST ATTEND" from my normally very chill manager. All of his direct reports (about 10 of us) are invited. There is no one else invited (his direct reports' reports, HR, people from other teams).

My company has had TONS of layoffs (big and small) over the last few years. What do you think the odds are that I'm getting let go? I'm an individual contributor, been with the company about twelve years, and am a senior principal engineer.

Same story as everybody else. I've been working for them for 4 years. No warning. Just an email first thing in the morning after not being able to get in to the clock-in app. There was a meeting an hour later where they basically just told us "sorry, good luck. " No real explanation given.

2nd wave of RIF’s for American jobs- they’re being shipped offshore where they can pay pennies on the dollar for sub par work. The amount of knowledge they are letting walk out just to save a few dollars is mind boggling. Canceling stateside jobs and healthcare benefits for their own customers. We aren’t mad enough.

My girlfriend (24F) got laid off around 2 months ago and she’s been pretty down since. She works in HR and I’m 24M working as a software engineer so honestly I don’t really know what the job market/process is like in her field.

She doesn’t like it when I bring up applying, send her jobs or ask how the search is going, so I’ve stopped doing that. She doesnt want me to help her with rent or groceries.

She’s still sad a lot of the time and sometimes says I wouldn’t understand what she’s going through. I just don’t really know what I’m supposed to do besides be there for her. We dont live together and I can only visit her on weekend, or sometimes after office.

For anyone who’s been laid off what did your partner do that actually helped? And what should I avoid doing?

This post is just as much for me as it is for you.

Concerned the pipeline is drying up? I am!

Anxious that the algorithm is just straight up not showing you new roles because you're bad at everything and the world has decided you just shouldn't be employed/have a family/own a house/exist? Me me me!

Nervous that everyone around you has ghosted your application? YES.

It's not you, it's Labor Day. Everyone's taking time off. Everyone but you (and me!) is traveling somewhere cute and patting themselves on the back for working so hard. Everything is a little on hold and will (likely??? who knows?) pick up again next week.

I hope you benefit from this sanity check as much as I sort of have. May you all land jobs with raises, and may you not feel compelled to post your ex-manager's stupid self-brag posts on LinkedInLunatics. Cheers.

Forgive the rant, I am just upset.

I do marketing for a recruiting company and as of late no recruiters are making placements! There was a massive increase in recruiters joining the company, but now the company is struggling...but marketing had to get cut. Not the newbies who joined a month ago, but the marketing team.

Probably going to get people in the comments saying oh your marketing clearly wasn't good enough... there are recruiters in the company that have been there for a year and only made 1 placement. I have grown their socials, done brand relaunches and website launch

this just sucks

Laid off in July 2026 after 2 years with prev company. Total ~8 years work experience, of which 4 years in my current field (Customer success, account management).

Have been applying actively for the past 2 months or so and landed a bunch of first round interviews, but nothing past round 2 unfortunately. I’m noticing now that most of the jobs are paying approx 40-60% of my last drawn, which means I’d likely have to take a pay cut of 40% upwards.

Spoke with some friends in recruitment, they strongly advised against taking anything more than a 5-10% pay cut in my next role if possible (i.e if I’m not desperate for a job and my financial situation would allow for it). But after throwing my applications out and seeing how bleak the job market seems to be, I’m feeling like this isn’t possible at all. Any advice on what to expect? Should I take the first offer that comes my way?

Found out this morning my role was eliminated and my team distributed to other leaders. It technically wasn’t performance based, but I can see looking back that I failed at playing the game and my boss was taking credit for everything I brought to the table rather than advocating for me like they said they were.

Trying to see it as a blessing in disguise because I was burnt out and trying to leave anyway, but really struggling with the feeling of doom re:difficulty of the job market and just general feelings of failure. Anyone have any tips or strategies that have helped?

With all the recent layoffs, I wanted to share this in case it’s of interest to anyone here.
I host a cofounder matching event series in NY, SF, and LA, and a lot of the founders who’ve joined are actively looking for cofounders with technical, product, or GTM backgrounds, especially technical. If you have one of those skill sets and have ever thought about joining an early stage startup or building something from scratch, lmk and I’ll send you link to the event!

There’s no pressure to join anyone or commit to any project at the event. It’s simply an opportunity to intentionally network with people who are actively looking for a cofounder and see who you might want to keep talking to.
The next event is in SF in Oct during tech week.

I'm a CRM builder and customizer for 15 years. I've even done things for a fortune 100 became an executive of one once and worked for big names like windex, home depot, etc. Sadly during some weird economic times and underpaid etc. Well it seemed to be turning around when I worked in construction materials, then I found myself working for big brand salt company making okay cash - but these guys hired me FTE just to ignore everything I suggested. Like architecture and such - eventually I had far too much access into their mining systems, demurage processes, compensation, and capex opex systems they ultimately decided they didnt want someone internal with that much access suddenly about 1.5 years in - i think probably because of audits as they just took out a loan for the entire company's value they bought for 5 years ago. Stinking private equity.

Honestly I don't really care about my career in the prestige way or such...honestly this point i just want to live or have cash. But man all these jobs now are for 1 year turn around or 6 months and im like dude....who on earth can accomplish the desires of these company in 1 year turn around as a 1 man band? 😆 . Honestly it just is getting absurd out there. Then these companies won't hire me as contract because they want me 100% theirs to then just squash or harass me. Lol. Honestly id make my own firm but all my capital is in portfolios 😆.

What the hell do we do? Lol im working on more certs but probably won't matter much. Next round lol.

Got laid off this morning. I feel so overwhelmed. Worked for the Marketing company for over 4 years. Please tell me what I need to do first. Thank you in advance for your help ❤️

This is the monthly thread for all your takes, rants, theories, and late-night doomscrolling thoughts.

Feeling like the job market is collapsing under you? Wondering if the robots are coming for what’s left of your career? If you’ve got a hot take about how the entire economy is a simulation, or you’re just here to tell us that no one will ever work again because ChatGPT can make slide decks, this is your thread.

What goes here:

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• AI apocalypse rants
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• Speculation about when the next recession, bloodbath, or Great Depression II will hit
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This is our monthly thread for sharing media that resonates with the layoff experience. Whether it’s about corporate dysfunction, job transitions, rebuilding after setbacks, or just something that’s been keeping your brain from melting during the job hunt.

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