Your reviews were good. Your relationships were solid. You'd survived two previous rounds by being useful, by being trusted, by being the person people came to.

And then you weren't.

The official language was careful. Restructuring. Role eliminated. Nothing personal.

But of course it's personal. It's your income, your routine, your sense of where you stand. You've been professional about it because that's who you are. But underneath that, something has shifted and you're not sure what it means yet.

Not about the job. About what you want the next chapter to actually look like.

That question, handled well, turns this from a setback into something else.

This is where that work starts.