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 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.

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.

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.

I wanted to feel special, different from all the other laid-off workers who had come before me. Daniel wasn’t going to give me that. He could not mend my heart.

Federal workers, Google employees and newspaper editors have opened up about losing their jobs in a new newsletter. By Abigail Covington Steve Jaffe was laid off for the first time in 2001. But ...

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… ...