SeveranceSage
A confidential layoff navigator that helps affected workers plan finances, evaluate severance, file for unemployment, and run a focused job search during prolonged uncertainty.
Tech and corporate employees facing or anticipating wave-based layoffs
- Personalized severance calculator using tenure, role, and local employment law
- Runway planner combining savings, severance, COBRA costs, and unemployment benefits
- Anonymous job-search sprint with weekly check-ins and resume rewrites
- Conversation scripts for telling family, kids, and a partner about the layoff
Wave-based layoffs like Xbox's 3,200 cuts recreate exactly the angst described in the article; workers need a plan during months of uncertainty, not after the final notice.
Tech layoffs remain sustained: 245,953 impacted in 2025 and 165,940 already in 2026 per TrueUp, with 127k US tech workers cut in 2025 per Crunchbase — a large addressable base, though most rely on free trackers like Layoffs.fyi.Layoffs Tracker - All Tech and Startup Layoffs - TrueUp ↗Tech Layoffs: US Companies With Job Cuts In 2024, 2025 and 2026 ↗
No integrated 'layoff navigator' found — only single-purpose severance calculators (mostly Canadian, e.g., severancepaycalculator.com, ullaw.ca), layoff trackers (Layoffs.fyi, TrueUp), and ad-hoc lawyer services; a tool combining severance calc + unemployment filing + financial planning + job search has a real gap.Severance Pay Calculator Ontario, BC & Alberta ↗Layoffs.fyi - Tech and Startup Layoff Tracker ↗
Laid-off workers are cash-strapped and the dominant alternatives (severance calculators, trackers, basic resume tools) are free; willingness to pay for a subscription during active unemployment is unproven and likely weak.Severance Pay Calculator Ontario, BC & Alberta ↗Layoffs.fyi - Tech and Startup Layoff Tracker ↗
Cyclical by nature — layoffs come in waves tied to macro conditions; current AI-driven restructuring may extend the cycle, but demand could collapse in a hiring boom.
Buildable with off-the-shelf AI + job board APIs, but US unemployment filing is state-by-state with fragmented UI/forms, and giving legal-adjacent severance advice carries liability risk.