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layoff-72-hours

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Urgent, time-boxed protocol for the first 72 hours after losing a job. Covers immediate document preservation, unemployment filing, health insurance decisions, emergency budgeting, severance review, and family communication. This is about stabilizing, not job searching.

When to use

• User just got laid off, fired, or "separated" — today or within the past few days
• User is sitting in their car in the parking lot after being walked out
• User is staring at a severance agreement and doesn't know what to do
• User is panicking about money and insurance
• User is about to lose their job (PIP, restructuring rumors, contract ending)

When not to use

• finding your next job
• job searching

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