Vinita's first layoff left her crying on the kitchen floor. By her third, her response was completely different: "It's fine. I'll figure it out."

What changed?

She learned to trust herself.

In this episode of Pink Slip Pavilion, host Ashley Waddington sits down with Vinita Kuhikar to talk about being laid off three times, navigating job loss while on a work visa, rebuilding confidence, and learning how to approach the job search without allowing a layoff to define her value.

Vinita's first layoff happened during COVID while she was working as an architect on a major Google headquarters project in the Bay Area. As an international worker in the U.S., losing her job came with additional pressure: her work visa clock started ticking the moment she was laid off.

After two days to process what ha ...