The worst part was not the layoff itself. It was that my man...

The worst part was not the layoff itself. It was that my manager found out when I did — from a company-wide email. He called me immediately after and said he had no idea. I actually felt bad for him. I had a home loan EMI due in 18 days. I spent that night building a spreadsheet of every company I wanted to work for. That spreadsheet saved me — I had an offer in 47 days.