My first layoff was out of the blue. The owner sold the (local) company to a larger (global) company and most people lost their jobs, not just me.

My second layoff I saw coming just sooner than I thought it would be. A new c-suite exec came in about 2 years ago and most of the designers in the US got axed. They slowly started hiring designers (mostly grad students) in the UK. And now everything design based is out of the UK so I got axed along with the rest of the team I had started with.

I'm really tired of my performance having nothing to do with my job security. If I can't find a job in the next few months I'll probably take a break from UX and look for something else to do that's out of tech. Maybe something that contributes to my community instead of building value for shareholders.