# @businessinsider on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdZjAC3CbOb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71653555-businessinsider-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5e7332408e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17T18:52:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

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

## Stats

- **Views:** 703,124
- **Likes:** 13,297
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 664

## Tags

unemployment, meta, lifelessons, layoffs, bigtech

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