Bonus Episode: How to know when layoffs (#piping) are coming for ya

Brenda is a good friend of mine from online. She was actually a guest on Episode 14 of this show. We have shot the breeze on layoffs in the past, so I decided to have her back on for an interview for a side project I am doing about people being laid off. Since that project is not yet live, I'm currently posting some of this stuff on my own feeds. Since these are pretty personal topics (terminations, losing income), I doubt people will actively share 'em, but eh.

Brenda is a mid-career professional who has been through about three layoffs in her day. Predominantly we talk about signs whereby you know a layoff is probably coming, and then at the end we talk a little bit about “being called down to the basement,” drinking Diet Coke through a straw, and individual layoff stories we’ve had. Don’t worry, it will all make sense eventually.

Also, I do not really know what a "mid-career professional" is.