Life after layoff: How this tech worker moved on and became his own boss

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Tech workers everywhere are living in perpetual fear of joining the rapidly growing number of layoffs — for Suhel Rana, that fear once quickly became a reality.  

In December of 2022, the former technical writer found out he was laid off from the company he was freelancing for through a short Zoom call. Afterwards, the company, which Rana requested to keep anonymous out of respect for his former employer, was very accommodating and helped him through the offboarding process and with next steps. However, that did little to quell the anxiety of losing a job

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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