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Late in 2019, I was laid off from a full-time job I’d started just 10 weeks earlier. Even with a few weeks’ severance to get into the new year, the layoff was psychologically devastating. I’d been ...

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Today's economy is a funny one. If you look at unemployment data, things seem good. But if you talk to actual people who are looking for work, you might get a very different answer. Losing a job can ...

The second time designer and illustrator Courtney Myers got laid off looked a lot like the first. Again she received a mysterious Google Meet invite over Slack. Again she was told she was let go ...