Laid off today, would appreciate any advice for next steps for a senior manager

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Do not ride out severance. Get to work! Get resume tight, call & meet contacts, network. In person is always best. Go to industry events, be happy and not desperate.

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LinkedIn will be your best friend. Hang in there buddy.

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Do you have previous clients you'd like to work for? Now might be a good time to reach out to them to see if they'd like help executing on some of your past recommendations/roadmaps

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😞 get severance?

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Laid off means the firm is downsizing vs firing for poor performance etc

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Oh no! 😲 what practice? Any indication why?

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(If you got it) ride out your severance, take some time to focus on things that you’ve been putting off (vacation, family, whatnot), take a breath, and then jump into the job hunt.

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Laid off or "laid off"?

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Damn... Slalom 1 gives good advice. Best luck OP... Did they offer to help with industry placement? EY is supposedly known for this...

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Appreciate all the comments and feedback. Looking forward to what is next, maybe something that does not involve sales and revenue managed targets.

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Sorry @OP.

Good for you! You will land on your feet

Hope things work out. So did they offer help with placement, i.e. FoF?

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How much severance?

Details on what you do/where you’re based? Recently left EY for tech industry, happy to make some intros if you drop a burner

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