You can always be laid off. The chances are much higher if you work on things unrelated to the core business at a startup that is losing money (or worse, not ma

You can always be laid off. The chances are much higher if you work on things unrelated to the core business at a startup that is losing money (or worse, not making money). Obviously, if you're the junior hire on a team of 1,000 people doing third-derivative things that relate to revenue, YMMV.