Inside the rise of layoff support groups

Inside the rise of layoff support groups

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIShaffan Mustafa was laid off for the first time in 2020. Four years later, in January 2024, the software engineer in Ohio was laid off again. Then, in September, he was let go from a contract job. "I wish I could say I didn't have experience with layoffs, but unfortunately, I have a bit too much," he tells me.The first time, he found it depressing. It took him 10 months of scouring job boards and hundreds of…