I was laidoff in this jan 2024 as part of paytm cost cutting.Since then i was hiding this from all from family, friend, recruiter and other as i was aware that in this situation all i will get the sympathy nothing else. No one really help you untill you have to standup yourself. Same day i updated my CV. for next few days i have checked all portal where i can see job opening. I applied every single job with out counting the effort and job applied, as i was already know this is not going to easy for me. I have already seen a flood of laidoff article on linkedin also. But i never put it on linkedin (might be my ego or self-respect i don't know) whenever i get the recruiter call, 80% them asked me why you looking for job. are you part of layoff ? Every time i gave the reason of career growth, stability and compensation. Some of still not convinced but i let it go and didn't give a second thought about their thinking. I have scrapped the most comany job site every second day to get all open position once they posted on their carrier portal. every night once family sleep . then i woke up and start leetcode, system design, coding till morning. Sometime its very depressing as every next day tired of hearing the other company layoff news and AI taking jobs. Tried to discuss with some friend also. but mostly in same situation with fear of job loss and AI. Also i was the single person from 50+team to laidoff. this has given me more anxiety about my lower performance. it created a very low point inside my mind that i am an underperformar. Every day i have given on average 3 interview. first two week i failed most of it. third week onward i have starting seen result. As i advanced to last stage of interviews. And in fourth week i got mine first offer. And then RBI news about the paytm bank ban out. Then every family member, friend, recuiter ask me are you safe? then i just smiled .... #paytm #paytmbank #paytmpaymentbank #fintech #paytmmoney
Going through same thing laid off in Feb but no success