Microsoft laid her off. A layoff support group helped her bounce back - and she got a job at Meta 2 months later.

"In May, after 14 years at Microsoft, Deborah Hendersen began to sense her time at the tech giant might be running out. Several colleagues on partner teams were among the roughly 6,000 employees laid off that month. The news made Hendersen, a user researcher in the company's Xbox division, worry that her group would be next. She said it eventually became the "worst-kept secret" that additional layoffs were coming, and that her team was likely to be affected."

""It wasn't so much like watching a car wreck," said the 45-year-old, who lives in Seattle. "It was more like you were in the car, knowing it was going to wreck." On July 2, her fears were confirmed. Hendersen was one of about 9,000 employees laid off as part of a sweeping companywide reduction. During previous rounds of layoffs she'd survived, Hendersen said it was often hard to tell who had been let go - something the company attributed to privacy concerns."

In May, after 14 years at Microsoft, Deborah Hendersen sensed her role might be ending as earlier rounds cut about 6,000 employees and partner teams were hit. Rumors and shrinking teams made her worry her Xbox user-research group would be next. On July 2, she was among roughly 9,000 employees laid off in a companywide reduction. The opacity around who had been dismissed amplified anxiety for remaining staff. Hendersen decided to tell her network immediately, drafting internal and LinkedIn messages when she received the meeting invite. Publicly sharing her layoff generated emotional support and helped her secure a new role at Meta two months later.

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