Key Takeaways. Being fired means you are terminated from your job due to something that the company deemed your fault, while being laid off is due to a business decision.

The wave of layoffs in tech, media and elsewhere is affecting a sizable number of people who are out on medical or parental leave. While legal, it can make a bad situation even worse.

Laura McDonough started her own recruiting firm after a pandemic layoff, and achieved a better work-life balance as well as ...

When people do get laid off, many want to know why, even if the reason has nothing to do their performance. Many times, however, companies stick with vague platitudes, instead of being specific ...

The Cruel Reason Laid-Off Employees Are Suddenly Being Labeled As Low Performers, According To An HR Professional There's a good chance that the laid-off employees aren't "low performers" at all.

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In just the first five weeks of this year, nearly 33,000 tech workers have been laid off, on top of the more than 260,000 let go last year, according to the site layoffs.fyi.

Steve Jaffe was laid off for the first time in 2001. But that wasn’t the last time for Jaffe, now a self-employed marketing strategist in Altadena, Calif.

Even though the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 7.8 million job losses across industries in the second quarter of 2024 alone, the experience of being laid off is often still isolating.

Getting laid off was the push from the nest I needed to make this transition. Without it, I might have continued to rely on ever-changing employers for satisfaction and stability in my work.

Losing your job may leave you feeling like your career path is suddenly a dead-end road. Many professionals have experienced being fired, laid off or furloughed. Job loss can feel frustrating and… ...