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You’re leaving your job. What can you take with you—and how do you do it?

7 min read . Updated: 16 Mar 2023, 08:45 PM IST Cordilia James, The Wall Street Journal

People going through layoffs are in wide-ranging positions, most of which are uncomfortable in one way or another (Photo: iStock) — People going through layoffs are in wide-ranging positions, most of which are uncomfortable in one way or another **(Photo: iStock)**

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When Stephanie Moore joined a video meeting with her boss in September, she didn’t expect it to be her last day as the marketing company’s social-media manager. Instead of going over ideas for new campaigns, she watched on her laptop as her boss told her she was laid off, while the company locked her out of accounts and files visible on another monitor.