My company laid off 200 last week including half the peeps in my department. I had seniority and was OK this round. It’s ugly out here.
Good for you. When I was working, one company grew at a great rate for ten years, then shrank for the next ten. There were layoff rounds every six months to a year. That was horribly demoralizing wondering if you were going to get it next. At the first round of layoffs, there were generous “early retirement” benefits based on age and years of service, but I was way too young to meet the magic number.
Our daughter got laid off a couple weeks ago and was given a verbal offer for a new position on Friday with the formal written offer coming tomorrow. So there are always companies hiring in the worst of times.