English Conversation Practice (Laid Off) 💼

Hey, how are you?

Honestly not very good. Last week I was laid off. 

We use the word 'fired' when someone  is let go from their job for poor  

performance or for doing something wrong. But we usually use 'laid off' when it  

wasn't the person's fault but the company  was downsizing or something like that. 

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

Yeah, it's a huge bummer, my whole team was let go.

Oh no. 

So, not doing great today.

That's hard. I'm really sorry. 

Thanks. I'm just taking a few days to lay low  and then I'll start looking for work next week. 

Good luck.