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Explaining a layoff without sounding bitter after 14 years as a line cook

  • Dahlia Bergstrom

    8/16/2026, 6:33:54 PM

    They always ask why I left, and I freeze. I am in Raleigh, in case local advice matters. I have been practising in the mirror. What do you say?

  • Camila Bergstrom

    9/4/2026, 12:07:42 AM

    Say it plainly and move on to what you can do. Interviewers usually move on if you do.

  • Gabriel Bergstrom

    9/24/2026, 9:10:21 PM

    Practise it out loud with a friend. Mine felt natural after the third try.

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