Fear of being laid off (at 50) is so all enveloping that it’s affecting my health and sleep. I have a pit in my stomach all the time. Sitting alone at home (single) knowing if I’m on the list I’ll never get hired again. And not enough savings for the next three years let alone forty. Decision makers: when you lay somebody off you are condemning them to years of unemployment. fight not to do it.

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I got my best and highest paying job at 55. (4 years ago after being laid off). You can too. Ageism is real, but not completely pervasive. And I would think now, experience counts more than ever.

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Good for you! Thank you for your positive comment. Age is an attitude and overall vibe. Yes ageism exists but if you go into the job market with the mindset the stack is set against you then the outcome will probably be as such. This energy ends up coming out during the hiring process.

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Over 50 here. I stopped worrying because it was actually having a negative effect on my work. I urge you to do the same. The fact is, you’re still working. What I humbly ask is that instead of worrying, focus doing your job exceedingly well. In a nutshell this means sleeping enough, getting exercise and eating right. And then you’ll be able to work your a&$ off and thrive. Good luck to you.

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I got laid off at 53 from a general agency and knew no agency would hire me at my age. So I switched to pharma, where ageism isn’t so crushing. I’m almost 64 and still working.

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I was laid off last year at 50. My advice. Learn how to do the things you did as a jr., whether you go to another agency or start one on your own, having marketable skills will get you through it all. When I found out, it was such a load off. I felt like I just graduated college and the world was ahead. Good luck.

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Absolutely. This is great advice. I’m around 50 and making sure to learn new skills and stay up to date on old ones. That way, when I’m older I can at least still get jobs designing banner ads or animating social posts. At least I’ll never be a dinosaur who can’t actually make anything.

It is something they already know. A decision to lay someone off is not easy

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The good ones, yes. Others are business at any cost. Not everyone is a humanist.

Try to stay positive. This too shall pass, things will come back. You may find something amazing. If I were you I’d try to relax and enjoy the down time so you are ready to rock when the next gig comes along. Things will start happening again.

Maybe spend the time updating your marketing tools like LinkedIn and start working on networking and selling yourself for freelance. Also, try a meditating app like Headspace. Being open and having a calm mind will let new things in. Science shows meditations is medicine.

Hang in there! Sometimes change is really good.

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I’m 5 years behind you in age, but feeling the same way every day. I now have to take anxiety meds just to get four hours or so in sleep. Hang in there and I’ll try to do the same.

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Hey don’t even think like this. There is always something out there if you are flexible. Try another geography where there is less competition, another related but lateral version of your job- go in-house?

It’s not fear of the next thing that’s killing is, it’s fear of the lay-off call. Management uses it all the time, dropping threats like ‘your teams needs to work Saturday and Sunday if you want to be in the good side of layoffs’. Just do it or don’t. They lean into the fear to drive everyone twice as hard. And it works.

I know it’s more complicated than this, but this doesn’t sound like a place worth sticking around for.

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