Stage 6 · Lesson 1 of 7
In the meeting itself
Layoff meetings are usually short, often with HR present, and sometimes your access is switched off while you are still in the call. You will not change the decision there, so do not argue or beg. Stay calm, listen and take notes.
Ask for everything in writing: your last working day, the notice and offered, , unused leave, , , benefits, the deadline to sign and who to contact with questions. Ask whether there are other open roles inside the company you can apply for.
Thank people who treated you decently; you may need them as . Then go home and do nothing important for the rest of the day.
Common trapsaying or signing something in shock that you would not choose a day later.
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