I sympathize. Layoffs are never pretty, but you have to remember that you leave with your skills. They are left with a hole, where those skills used to be.
As an engineer, I was laid off four times. The final when I was 62 and I took full retirement. Worked as a government contractor for another 5 1/2 years and then laid off the workaday world and never looked back. It is a wonderful feeling not to have that threat and fear of layoff perched on your shoulder.
It is especially tough now, as a white, heterosexual, Christian male.
Well what was odd I guess it was anyone say 40+ got the layoff..
Well least for the moment I am doing fine now as I landed a equal job to what I did have which in this State is top 5 percent...Just playing catchup on some bills now.