I moved to Los Angeles after a layoff. Relocating to a high-cost city was risky, but I'm glad I listened to my gut.
A journalist shares their personal experience of moving to Los Angeles following a layoff to pursue new career opportunities. Despite warnings about the high cost of living, the author reflects on the importance of following intuition during professional transitions.
Why it matters
It highlights the psychological and economic challenges of career instability in the modern media landscape and the trend of relocating for industry-specific networking.
After getting laid off, I knew I needed a fresh start. Sukhman Rekhi After getting laid off, I felt like I had lost all sense of stability and needed to make a change. I decided to move to Los Angeles to meet more people in my industry and get a fresh start. Some people warned me it was a financially risky decision, but I'm glad I listened to my intuition. I was on a business trip in Spain when my entire career flipped upside down. I got a Zoom invite from our company's CEO. In a brief meeting, I learned that our publication had been sold and our whole staff of journalists was laid off, effective immediately. Coming to terms with being newly unemployed took me a while — maybe even a little longer than it should have.
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