Laid off like last year’s Halloween candy

So I’ve been working for this small contracting company since 06/2022, and they recently laid me off on 01/20/2023 citing “funding” as an issue. I’m the only one on the contract who got canned. Anyway, 01/19/2023 I get an email late in the day requesting I accept a meeting for 0900 the next day. I open it and realize the participants were myself, my team lead, and head of HR. I had a moment of panic because we all know …

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