Do not let panic become your process.
A layoff can force too many choices into one afternoon: severance paperwork, benefits timing, equity access, unemployment, device return, and a deadline that may feel designed to rush you.
Free checklist for laid-off tech workers
First 24 Hours After a Tech Layoff
A 9-move checklist to map deadlines, preserve allowed documents, ask HR factual questions, and know when to involve licensed professionals before signing.
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- Request the full packet and deadline in writing.
- Separate HR/admin questions from legal/tax/benefits questions.
- Build one layoff folder without copying code, customer data, credentials, or proprietary materials.
- Map signing, revocation, COBRA/Marketplace, equity, unemployment, visa, and property-return clocks.
Inside the free checklist
Seven things it makes visible fast
First moves
The immediate moves before you sign, argue, or guess.
Deadline map
Separate clocks for severance, benefits, equity, unemployment, visa, and property return.
Tech triage
RSUs, options, COBRA/Marketplace, H-1B/visa flags, and GitHub/material boundaries.
HR email
Neutral process questions you can adapt without making legal arguments.
Do-not-make-it-worse
Warnings for the first day when adrenaline is loud.
Attorney-ready questions
Cleaner questions for licensed professionals when the issue goes beyond checklist territory.
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The paid pack adds worksheets and scripts.
The free guide orients you. The Don’t Sign Yet Pack adds the deadline worksheet, severance tracker, HR scripts, call notes, equity checklist, COBRA/Marketplace checklist, unemployment checklist, attorney consult prep, red-flag escalation checklist, and first-window operating system.