In r/financialindependence and r/personalfinance, layoffs and weak hiring sentiment push people to build larger emergency reserves, consider severance-driven early retirement, and worry about being older and unemployed.
Dodged a massive round of layoffs at my company. I heard rumors this was happening, so I’ve been building up my emergency savings.
This is why I FIRE…I don’t want to be 55 and struggling to find work after getting laid off.
I made the decision to decline a new role, accept a layoff package and retire early starting this summer at age 52.
Still scary when you’ve been working 30+ years, especially in today’s world. I’m at least allocating three years’ expenses in cash to hopefully ride out any short term downturns.
My dad (69) was let go by him employer of 31 years last week.
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