Field
Notes.
Field notes, references, and dispatches from the first 72 hours after a layoff — and the systems we're building to make those days survivable.
72 Hours.A guide from the other side of the call
The First 72 Hours. For the days that don't make sense yet.
A small, careful guide to the moves that matter in the first three days — and the ones that can wait — written by people who've been on the other side of that call.
Open the Kit →Latest from the field.
Teaching them the unknown is survivable.
You are not explaining to your kids that everything will be fine. You are teaching them that things can be uncertain and we will be okay.
The algorithm cannot witness you.
Why leaning on human interaction over online connection is a necessity on your journey — and what to do instead of "activating the banner."
Severance, decoded. Line by line.
Eight clauses that matter, three that hide leverage, and the one most people sign without reading.
The LinkedIn announcement is the hardest sentence.
Three versions of the post I drafted before I sent the one I sent. None of them said what I meant.
COBRA, and the math they don't show you.
The cost calculator HR hands out is almost never the cheapest path. Here's how to find the one that is.
Why workers need a union for non-union work.
The puzzle metaphor we keep coming back to — and the system we're building because of it.
Why I started this after getting laid off twice.
The second time was worse. Not because it hurt more, but because the system had learned nothing.
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