nervously waiting to see if you get the layoff email

unfortunately also need to continue working in the meantime

Just Start applying.
Bet you won't receive a layoff email, but will find a better paid job anyway.

@TrayKnots it's funny because I ran into an old coworker from a previous place and he was mentioning with how bad the market is, to wait it out before making moves

Otherwise I survive for now, thanks for the well wishes devrant community

@sjwsjwsjw

I don't get it. I don't say, quit before you have something new. I just say, send out applications.

Why would you wait when the market is bad? That's when you start extra early. Because you could assume that you finding something new take a while when the market is bad.

Just to clarify, you do not need to quit in order to start applying.