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you probably know someone who’s been laid off.

maybe it was recent. maybe it’s been a while. maybe it’s you.

and if you know someone — you know the awkward part that nobody talks about.

the text you drafted and deleted.

the dinner you didn’t invite them to because you weren’t sure if it was weird to talk about money right now.

the promotion you didn’t post about because you didn’t want to rub it in.

layoffs don’t just land on the person who got the news. they ripple.

for the person who got laid off: the silence is the hardest part.

not the job search. not the finances — though those are real. it’s the way a layoff lands on your entire identity, not just your income.

the disorientation. the grief. the strange relief mixed with the panic. the version of yourself you built around a role that no longer exists.

nobody talks about that honestly enough.

so we’re building something for it.

life after layoff. is a newsletter, a community, and eventually more — merch, resources, an app. all of it built around one idea: that you shouldn’t have to navigate this alone, and you shouldn’t have to perform resilience you don’t feel yet.

every week, something honest in your inbox.

two ways to be part of this.

if you’ve been impacted by a layoff — we want to hear your story. we’re running a short survey right now, and what you share will directly shape what gets built here.

👉 take the survey: lifeafterlayoff.co

if you know someone who has been impacted by a layoff — forward this to them. sometimes the most useful thing is just letting someone know they’re not alone.

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still here. 🖤

— daphné founder, life after layoff™