查HR也不能说,根据HIPA law, 他们只能说你曾经工作过。 尽管可以说laid off, 但毕竟给人感觉你不是一个competitor,否则为什么会被laid off? 不知道你工作了多久?你可以说,我已经在以前的地方工作很长时间了,it's to time to change/move on.
Cisco/Qualcom and other taken-over companies have a "secret" layoff policy (to "rebalance" to India) to avoid being hit by "WARN" law. So people laid off from these small layoffs, have more trouble finding jobs.