Workers fired on Zoom: Here's how to navigate a 'devastating' experience and come out on the other side
Fox News
Many workers have been sharing on LinkedIn and other sites their dramatic job layoffs on video calls — and how tough it's been for them. Mental health experts and others weighed in.
In recent months, scores of people have taken to LinkedIn to share their tough job news and describe their disappointment, frustration and upset over losing their positions via Zoom calls, whether those Zoom meetings were large group calls or one-on-one situations. "It's like you've been digitally erased from your workplace. It's a recipe for depression." "All I could think about was how I had a job — and now I didn’t." "While many employees are aware of layoffs in a group Zoom, the practice remains unpopular." "It is the ideal time to reconnect with past colleagues, update resumes and begin to look at job postings." Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle for Fox News Digital.
"I started noticing something happening on LinkedIn late last summer and early fall," said Amy Keller Laird, the New York-based founder of Mental, a platform about mental health issues.