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After a Google Layoff, I Booked a Flight and Started My Family ...
Shanon Morris. Stacy Foster 2026-05-15T09:05:01.253Z Shanon Morris, a Navy veteran, co-founded Trimester Abroad with her husband to aid traveling parents. After being laid off by Google, Morris transitioned to entrepreneurship in the travel industry. Trimester Abroad aims to improve travel experiences for new and expecting parents globally. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shanon Morris, a 34-year-old entrepreneur in Ithaca, New York. It's been edited for length and clarity. I'm a Navy veteran, Marine Corps spouse, and the CEO of Trimester Abroad, where I develop solutions that elevate the travel and hospitality experience for new and expecting parents. I'm also in a master's program in hospitality management at Cornell.I started my career as a surface warfare officer and public affairs officer in the US Navy. I was medically separated from the Navy due to a car accident in 2018.For the next year, I worked as a cyber intelligence team lead at Noblis. Between July 2019 and May 2021, I served as a communications and marketing strategy consultant at Accenture Interactive.I started working at Google in May 2021, where I held several roles, including sales development manager, strategic communications program manager, and veteran hiring lead, and served as the communications lead for Google's global Veteran Network. Since 2023, I've co-founded and now serve as CEO of Trimester Abroad, where I lead branding, go-to-market strategy, partnership development, PR, and business operations across multiple ventures.One morning in March 2023, at 6 a.m., I got laid off from GoogleI opened my laptop to troubleshoot a new work phone, only to see my termination notice. One minute, I was leading Google's veteran hiring program; the next, I was in my parents' kitchen with my new husband, Matthew, toasting to unemployment.Matthew and I were preparing for him to be either medically separated after a motorcycle accident or deploy again. I was stressed, working two full-time roles and trying to get pregnant.Losing my job was a shock, but also a relief.On Mother's Day, I found out I was pregnantTwo weeks later, Matthew received a call informing him he'd been separated from the Marine Corps. We went from DINKs with two six-figure salaries to dual-unemployed with a baby on the way in six months.Luckily, we were aligned on money, values, and risk tolerance, and our different investing styles diversified our portfolio. Severance, savings, investments, real es...
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Leading Companies Announcing Layoffs And Hiring Freezes in 2026
The following is a list of major layoffs, job cuts, and hiring freezes announced by leading companies in 2026, Subscribe to Intellizence to get complete data on layoffs, downsizing, job cuts, and hiring freezes curated from news sources and WARN filings. Since January 1st, 2026, 2,038+ companies have announced mass layoffs.
2026 Layoffs Tracker: Walmart, Meta and Morgan Stanley Among Firms ...
Corporate layoffs are down 10% this year, but the AI reckoning has come for tech.
