Laid off, what to do next? Advice please.

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What practice!?! Did you get severance?

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Bummer dude. Take a breath, clear your head, and form a plan about how you will get your next gig. Friend of mine was laid off in the great S&O massacre at Deloitte. Took her 1.5-2 months to get through the interview process to start at Pwc.

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In the TAP program, low utilization in FY16. Definitely interested A1. How do we get in touch?

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Hey, OP I'm in the same program with not so good utilization ! Please share your rank, practice and utilization. Help a friend out!?

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What group?

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So sorry to hear this.

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Sorry man, comment on here if ur interested in ACN

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Appreciate the suggestion, definitely will look into it but I enjoy consulting at the moment. Also @A1 I emailed you.

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Same question with EY3

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Also would like to note was totally killing it on the engagement I just got off. Guaranteed 5 rating.

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Phishbowl9@gmail.com, happy to refer you! What's the TAP program?

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Sorry OP! This would be a good time to check out industry.

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So sorry to hear that 😔 Were you staffed when it happened? Good luck

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Kinda freaking out now, how low was your utilization OP?

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@disagree with EY8. Under utilization and performance are two completely different issues. Don't blame the laid off person cause sometimes the work is just not there and OP had plenty of utilization in 2017.

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Who told you the news.

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Lol pass on industry.

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Ok, you do you!

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I was stressed when I was laid off. In retrospect, the worry was a waste of energy. Relax. Decide what you want to do next. Work to get a better job. Five years from now, this won't even register in your memory. But really--relax and enjoy the free time.

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That's horrible - esp w a 5. If you can figure out how to DM me, I'll do anything I can to help. Others who know how to use this functionality, plse advise.

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