I have already written about the process of analyzing and planning a layoff and also about how to see a layoff with a glass-half-full eye. I have been following the announcements of mass layoffs and the numbers from Layoffs Brasil and Layoffs.fyi. March numbers show some drop from February.

Brazil:

• March: 22 companies and 1,676 people laid off
• February: 37 companies and 3,226 people laid off
• February was the worst month in the last 15 months

Tech layoffs Brazil in 2022-2023

World:

• March: 115 companies and 37,077 people laid off
• February: 175 companies and 39,031 people laid off
• January was the worst month in the last 15 months

Tech layoffs in 2022-2023

Keep in mind that these numbers are reported by people and companies, so they may be incomplete.

Despite the drop in the number of layoffs in March, the first quarter of 2023 was, according to figures from these two sites, the worst quarter since January 2020:

Brazil: 76 companies and 6,834 people laid off

Layoffs in Brazil since 2020

World: 561 companies and 165.622 people laid off

World layoffs since 2020

That is, despite March being a little better, we just went through the worst quarter in terms of mass layoffs in technology companies.

Thinking of a way to help people who are going through layoffs in addition to the free vacancies that I have open in my courses, I decided to do a new experiment. I’m opening a schedule every working day in April for anyone who has gone through a mass layoff and believes that a coaching session with me can help in some way.

No cost.

To schedule, just access my calendar and book your coaching session.

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