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.
"The badge debate isn't really about the badge. It's about the fact that no one built the infrastructure for the other side of this conversation."
The Badge Debate Nobody Should Have to Have in Week One
To badge, or not to badge. One of the least important decisions after a layoff, and one of the most argued about. A practical frame for making it anyway.
What to know when you don't know.
A creative director gets the call from PwC, then a question around a fire pit he can't answer yet. On identity, and not needing the right words before you're ready.
Teaching them the unknown is survivable.
A psychologist on how to talk to your kids about a layoff, without handing the fear down the table.
The job posting and the real need aren't always the same thing.
You only get one layoff post.
The algorithm cannot witness you.
Severance, decoded. Line by line.
COBRA, and the math they don't show you.
Why I started this after getting laid off twice.
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