Surprisingly, I had managed to avoid any sort of layoff, firing for most of my career except that whole dotbomb era. Then COVID came and I had my first RIF, ev

Surprisingly, I had managed to avoid any sort of layoff, firing for most of my career except that whole dotbomb era. Then COVID came and I had my first RIF, ever. I was told weeks in advance so I could prepare my documentation and handoff. Even though I really liked that job promotions were limited and I was getting restless.