Brittney Ball was dropping off her children at school when she learned she'd been laid off from Meta. "I felt numb," she said. "All of the ideas that I have in my career — everything went dark." Ball and three other Big Tech workers share how they learned they'd been laid off from their six-figure jobs — and how those job losses had a lasting impact on their careers and mental health. #BigTech #layoffs #Meta #unemployment #lifelessons