Laid off around 6 months ago. Small SaaS company, funded by established private equity firm. During Covid they doubled headcount, didn’t see the platform adopti

Laid off around 6 months ago. Small SaaS company, funded by established private equity firm. During Covid they doubled headcount, didn’t see the platform adoption they expected, and a little later halved the company by laying all the newer people off. > How did you feel then vs now? Are you doing alright? At the time, I wasn’t worried. I was a little relieved in fact. I didn’t care for the job all that much it just paid well enough. I wasn’t aware of how the job market was going to be. Since then it’s not been great. It would cost a ton of money and effort to move right now, and of the 4 interviews of done, only one position has been remote. > Are you looking for/have you found work? How do pay/benefits (remote, etc.) compare? Yes, but not nearly like I should. I’m burnt out on the job search. The leads I get fizzle out. As I mentioned, I’ve had about 4 interviews, only one of them was a job I would actually want, and only one of them made it to the next round (ironically it was the most antagonistic interview I’ve had recently). Recruiter reach out is really low, maybe around 5 per month and job applications are just a void, assuming LinkedIn doesn’t just show me the same “Promoted” jobs it did 6 months ago that already rejected me. As far as pay, it seems remote roles are paying a less than a couple years ago. > How have your feelings about the industry changed? Sort of, I never wanted to really be in this industry, but the intertidal required to do anything else non totally miserable was too high. I was planning on leaving eventually once I put enough money together to survive for a while, but I’m spending all that on bills and a seriously of events that happened right after the layoff. I did admittedly commit the industry mortal sin of letting myself stagnate (in terms of keeping up with trends, hype, and framework/language/whatever of the week) over the years. I still learn a lot, it’s just mostly “useless” stuff. Honestly, I expected I was either going to burn out or get sized out of the industry eventually, and had started to work on plans for that, but I thought I had a few more years at least.