Corporate Kate

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With nearly 15 years of experience at technology companies across corporate America, I have spent my career managing large teams, making hiring decisions, and (so far) surviving every major layoff that has come my way.

I hold a bachelor's degree in Finance, and I originally started this blog as a single place to share what I know, so I could help the friends and family navigating their own layoffs without repeating the same advice over and over.

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Oct 13, 2026 ∙ 9 min

Should You Wait to Be Laid Off or Just Quit? (2026)

And I think that was the right choice. Even though I did have all of my ducks in a row financially due to layoff signs, quitting for the sake of quitting wasn’t going to solve all of my issues but instead would create new ones. If anything, going in to work every day was extra motivation I needed to buckle down after work and send out job applications in the hopes that I could get out of that place.

Oct 11, 2026 ∙ 10 min

How to Budget for Christmas Gifts When You've Been Laid Off (2026)

So instead of feeling the holiday magic when the lights go up, the ads start, and your kids begin listing what they want, you are sitting with a severance check (or no check at all) doing math you would rather not do about how to keep this year's celebrations from being a disappointment for the people you love.

Oct 10, 2026 ∙ 10 min

How to Decide Which Job Postings to Apply To First (2026 Alert Triage System)

And it gets noisy quick. When I was job searching, I remember seeing an email and thinking, “Oh, I need to remember to apply to that!” Cut to eight different alert emails from job boards later, and I’d completely forgotten that first role I was looking at. And because time is of the essence with so many of these jobs, I killed my chances by forgetting to apply right then and there.