Was I laid off or fired? I worked for 15 months for a small company (less than 50 ppl).
During my first 6 months, they abruptly let go of 25% of their employees with a very small severance. 9 months later, I was told they had to let me go with no real cause as to why. They gave me severance and I could apply for unemployment. I am now interviewing with other companies and just explain I was recently laid off. Honestly, not sure.. and really don't care to ask my former company.
Does it matter?

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I think you’d know if you were fired. Behavior or performance concerns leading up to it, missed goals, missed deadlines, etc.
I’d say it was a layoff in an effort to downsize. A lot of small/growing organizations unfortunately run into this issue where they over hire to align with anticipated company growth, then need to cut down and “bring it down to earth” in a way when the numbers don’t match their expectations.
I’d explain it just like that; org change, redundancy mitigation, etc. Not uncommon so you won’t get a lot of push back.

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Thank you

Just say you were laid off. That’s the truth

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I don't dwell on it during interviews, I simply say I was part of a recent RIF at my former company. Also, prior to this small company I joined and worked at for 15 months, I was employed for 7 years at a FF500 company.

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