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July 2025

Laid Off: From Founder to Job Seeker, It's Brutal Out There
"These processes demand so much: personalized materials, multi-round interviews, spec work, emotional energy."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off asks, The Cut answers
"What kinds of severance packages are CEOs providing to employees replaced by automation? You deserve to know."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off: In a Cab to the Cancer Hospital
"I know there are very few layoff-free fields, but media? What a shitshow."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off: Nécessaire's Director of Influencer Marketing
"Stepping outside the full-time structure has allowed me to show up in the creator economy not just as a marketer, but also as a content creator."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz

June 2025

Laid Off: After 18 Years At The Los Angeles Times
"I had to dust off the resume I used when I applied for the L.A. Times job in 2007."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off: And Building Community Without Keeping Score
"It's all about who you know and that is extremely true when you get laid off."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off: And the Insulin Isn't Optional
"Before insurance, three months' worth of supplies for my insulin pump is, I believe, around $1400. Even with insurance, it was $350. Mind you, that's…
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Melanie Ehrenkranz
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Laid Off: When Tariffs Hit the Furniture World
"The design community reacted with extreme panic very quickly to this news and rightfully so."
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Melanie Ehrenkranz

May 2025

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