Brittany Pietsch, a young account executive at tech company Cloudflare, made public the conversation in which she learned she was losing her job. Thousands of workers in the technology, media and finance industries have been laid off in recent months.
Young workers say they find catharsis and connection in recounting the devastation the layoffs have wrought on their finances and mental health. Experts say the impulse to share is helping young workers process a painful aspect of working life. "There are a lot of benefits to having people say, 'Hey, this is what the world of work actually looks like,'" says Morgan Sanner.