As the title suggests, I got laid off Jan 27th from my first post grad job (21F). I started out at $13/hr and moved up to $17/hr. The two people hired shortly after me didn’t qualify for the raises in time so they’re still making less than what my ending hourly was. I saw a post today of the company celebrating their anniversary and had all my coworkers in the photo plus a new face. So, I’m willing to bet they laid me off to hire someone at my starting wage to save money since we had lost some clients once they realized quick just how much work I did within the company and had to replace me. They had me replaced within 3 weeks for that photo. And I’m still unemployed and no one wants to pay even $15/hr.