Change is an inevitable part of life, but when it comes to being laid off, it's often a change that occurs against your will. You may have seen the warning signs for months, heard the rumors and ignored that sinking feeling in your stomach that something terrible was about to happen, and now it really has. You've got two months, or two weeks or two hours to clean out your desk. It doesn't matter you've spent years or decades at the firm, worked Saturdays and missed your kid's ball games so you could make that next promotion - they want.