So, you’ve gotten laid off… Hopefully you’ve taken the steps I already outlined in my previous two posts about this topic. As the conclusion of this series, I’ll give you all some advice on what to do after a layoff.
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I’ve seen people laid off en-masse by calling everyone into a conference room and having security escort them all out the door, and I’ve seen it done on an individual basis. In the end, there is no good way of laying off employees. During a layoff, people will react in different ways, some are sad, some angry, some will even react destructively. But what is the best way to act? What should you do?
Over the years, I’ve seen my share of layoffs. I’ve seen co-workers get escorted off the premises, and I’ve seen people given a 2 weeks notice. Either way, it always comes as a shock. Most people I know NEED their paychecks. And when that is cut-off, people react in a bunch of different ways.
You get a few people that are just absolutely stunned, they believe that they don’t deserve to be laid off, and that there are others that were somehow more deserving of a termination. There are others that look at it as “heck, I was unhappy anyway… good riddance.” And then there are even others that look at it like its an opportunity to make a change in their lives.
I originally started this series of posts thinking about how you can prepare yourself for a layoff. But what I ended up writing about was a more of a set of tips for dealing with the entire layoff process, from preparing yourself before the layoff to dealing with things after the layoff.
