Layoff Checklist - Prepare your money, documents and network before the notice, spot the early warning signs, and keep your footing if you are the one who stays after the cuts #1012514

The headlines say thousands of jobs are being cut. Your own company has gone quiet, your manager is in a lot of closed-door meetings, and you can feel the clock ticking but have no idea what to do with it. Most people freeze and hope, or panic-quit and scramble. There is a calmer third option: use this window to get ready. Layoff Checklist is a plain-spoken, step-by-step plan for the time before the notice, and for the weeks after a round of cuts if you are the one who stays. It is not a guide to your first 90 days after being laid off, not a severance-negotiation manual, and not a book about artificial intelligence replacing your role. It is about getting your money, paperwork, network and head in order while you still have a paycheck and time. Inside, you'll learn: You cannot control whether your name is on the list. You can control how ready you are. Start with the first page and you will already be ahead of the person who waits for the email.