1. Yes, twice. 2. My first layoff actually helped me in several ways. First, because I was laid off from a place where the owner did his best to have a toxic,

1. Yes, twice. 2. My first layoff actually helped me in several ways. First, because I was laid off from a place where the owner did his best to have a toxic, bullying environment. Second, because I got a new job pretty quickly, much better paid, with a much better environment and much higher impact. My second layoff was much more stressful. I got to say goodbye to a company that was very nice to work with but that had money problems, in a period in which finding a new job was harder. I did get one fairly quickly. Lower pay, but still ok, potential to be very interesting, although we're not there yet. 3. I did not suffer from social stigma directly, but I suffered from the fear of social stigma.