1. Denial: nah, google/meta/apple/XXX would never laid me off! 2. Anger: WTF, I dedicated xx years to XXXX, how dare they! 3. Bargaining: I'll never work for

1. Denial: nah, google/meta/apple/XXX would never laid me off! 2. Anger: WTF, I dedicated xx years to XXXX, how dare they! 3. Bargaining: I'll never work for the man again! I'll be my own boss! 4. Depression: This sucks, out of work sucks! I don't have a social circle to hang out with. My life sucks! 5. Acceptance: OK. Time to get a new job. Oh, look at that start up, their motto is change the world, join us and be the next xxx(ian/ler/mate, etc). Sounds awesome, let me ask my friend for a referral. I might have taken liberty to the original with sarcasm.