This is the type of toxicity I experienced at most companies in a top third world country (that shall not be named). I worked there for about 3-4 years and peo

This is the type of toxicity I experienced at most companies in a top third world country (that shall not be named). I worked there for about 3-4 years and people would try to make you feel bad or guilty for all kinds of things. Sharing you got laid off was an automatic disqualification from any interview. Lying your way through was the only way. Now I think it could have been systemic or cultural. My advice to OP, you really dodged a bullet. This isn’t a healthy workplace culture that values you as a human being. Pat yourself on the back and move onwards and upwards.