Got laid off after 4 months. 6 years in marketing and trying to not panic
I got laid off recently, and I’ll be honest, it’s messing with my head a bit.
I’ve been working since 2019, started as a content writer, and over the years I didn’t stick to just writing.
I kept taking on more, sometimes by choice, sometimes because no one else was doing it.
In one of my previous roles (electrical manufacturing company), I ended up handling almost the entire marketing side, content, ads, coordinating sales, website, everything. Over \~2 years, we generated around ₹2.5 CR in revenue, and I was directly involved in the strategy + execution behind that.
Also worked closely with the in-house sales team on how leads should be handled.
Content-wise, I’ve done pretty much everything - blogs, website pages, ad copies (Meta + Google), newsletters, brochures, GMB posts.
In my last role (US-based, remote), even though it was just \~4 months, my work shifted more towards managing agencies and tracking performance.
I got hands-on with Google Search Console and started understanding GA4 better.
My job was to make sure content, SEO, backlinks, all of it was actually aligned and moving somewhere.
From what I saw, clicks and impressions were improving on GSC.
(If I’m being honest, I think the layoff was more about business issues than performance, there were conversations about their sales flow being broken and deals not closing in the last 1-2 months, so it felt like a cost-cutting decision.)
Still sucks though.
Right now, the stress is real. I have financial responsibilities, and losing a job like this shakes your confidence a bit.
My last salary was ₹9 LPA, and I’m looking for something in a similar range.
I don’t have an MBA or a formal marketing degree.
But I do know how to:
take ownership of marketing end-to-end
manage people/agencies (not my first time doing it)
connect marketing efforts to actual leads/revenue
and step in wherever things are stuck
I can start working almost immediately.
Open to full-time, freelance, contract, anything at this point.
If anyone is hiring or knows someone who is, I’d really appreciate it.
Happy to share more details or past work over DM.
Thanks for reading. 🙏