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I was laid off three days after returning from maternity leave. Rehired the next day. And laid off again three months later. If there were an Olympic sport for emotional whiplash, I would have medaled. The IT company I worked for had hired too many technical writers, and after moving out of state, I was one of the few fully remote employees. When budgets tightened, the math was easy. Still, being laid off so soon after having a baby left a mark. It took time to recover—not ju