Company Alumni & ERG Networks
When you're laid off, your fastest path back is people who already know you. Find your company's alumni network, Slack/Discord groups, and employee resource groups — and add the ones you know.
How do alumni networks help you find a job after a layoff?
A referral or an introduction from a former colleague changes who reads your application: it puts you in front of a person rather than a filter. A company alumni search or employee resource group (ERG) reconnects you with people who already know your work — so they can vouch for you, forward your resume, and flag openings before they're posted. Treat it as the channel that raises your visibility fastest, running alongside your direct applications rather than replacing them.
Use the directory below to find your company's alumni group, Slack/Discord community, or ERG. Then message about five people with a short, specific note (template below) — aim for warm reconnections, not mass asks.
- Estimated time
- 15–30 minutes to find and message 5 people
- Cost / impact
- Usually free to join and use
- What you need
- Your old employer name, an updated LinkedIn, a short intro
Company alumni searches (76)
Accenture
ReferralsAccenture alumni network and referrals.
Accenture alumni span Strategy & Consulting, Song, Technology and Operations across many countries — add your service line to the search.
Accenture layoff guideAirbnb
ReferralsAirbnb alumni network and referrals.
Amazon
ReferralsAmazon alumni groups across tech, ops, and AWS.
Corporate and AWS alumni cluster separately from fulfilment-centre and Whole Foods alumni — search the business you were in.
Amazon layoff guideApple
ReferralsFormer Apple employees and alumni connections.
Bain
ReferralsBain & Company alumni network.
Bank of America
ReferralsBank of America alumni across consumer, wealth and global banking.
BCG
ReferralsBoston Consulting Group alumni community.
Block
ReferralsBlock alumni across payments and consumer fintech.
Square, Cash App, Afterpay and TIDAL all sit under Block — search your product name as well.
Boeing
ReferralsBoeing alumni across commercial airplanes, defense and services.
For union roles, your IAM or SPEEA local is often a faster network than LinkedIn.
Broadcom
ReferralsBroadcom alumni across semiconductors and infrastructure software.
Capgemini
ReferralsCapgemini alumni across consulting, engineering and outsourcing.
Charles Schwab
ReferralsCharles Schwab alumni across brokerage, advisor services and technology.
Cisco
ReferralsCisco alumni network and referral threads.
Cisco layoff guideCiti
ReferralsCitigroup alumni across banking, markets and operations.
Cognizant
ReferralsCognizant alumni across IT services and delivery centres.
Coinbase
ReferralsCoinbase alumni across crypto engineering, compliance and support.
Dell
ReferralsDell Technologies alumni connections.
Dell layoff guideDeloitte
ReferralsDeloitte alumni community across service lines.
Disney
ReferralsDisney alumni across studios, parks, streaming and ABC.
Parks, studios and Disney Entertainment alumni cluster separately — search your segment.
DoorDash
ReferralsDoorDash alumni across logistics, merchant and engineering.
eBay
ReferralseBay alumni across marketplace, payments and trust & safety.
Etsy
ReferralsEtsy alumni across marketplace, seller services and engineering.
Expedia
ReferralsExpedia Group alumni across travel technology and brands.
EY
ReferralsEY alumni across assurance, consulting, tax and strategy.
Ford
ReferralsFord alumni across product development, manufacturing and Ford Pro.
General Motors
ReferralsGM alumni across engineering, manufacturing and software.
Goldman Sachs
ReferralsGoldman Sachs alumni network — a strong referral base.
The Xooglers community — former Googlers sharing referrals and openings.
Google layoff guideHewlett Packard Enterprise
ReferralsHPE alumni across servers, storage, networking and services.
HP
ReferralsHP Inc. alumni across print, personal systems and supply chain.
HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise separated in 2015 — search the entity named on your pay stub.
IBM
ReferralsIBM alumni network — one of the largest corporate alumni bases.
Infosys
ReferralsInfosys alumni across global delivery, consulting and BPM.
Intel
ReferralsIntel alumni groups across hardware and software.
Intel layoff guideIntuit
ReferralsIntuit alumni across fintech, product and engineering (TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, Mailchimp).
Intuit layoff guideJPMorgan
ReferralsJPMorgan Chase alumni connections.
KPMG
ReferralsKPMG alumni across audit, advisory and tax.
Former LinkedIn employees and alumni groups.
LinkedIn layoff guideLyft
ReferralsLyft alumni across marketplace, operations and engineering.
McKinsey
ReferralsMcKinsey alumni network — famously active for referrals.
Meta
ReferralsFormer Meta / Facebook employees trading leads and referrals.
Meta layoff guideMicrosoft
ReferralsMicrosoft alumni network and referral threads.
Microsoft layoff guideMorgan Stanley
ReferralsMorgan Stanley alumni across wealth management and institutional securities.
NBCUniversal
ReferralsNBCUniversal alumni across news, entertainment and Peacock.
Netflix
ReferralsNetflix alumni sharing roles and intros.
Nike
ReferralsNike alumni across product, digital and retail.
Oracle
ReferralsOracle alumni community and job leads.
Oracle layoff guideParamount
ReferralsParamount alumni across studios, CBS and streaming.
PayPal
ReferralsPayPal and wider fintech alumni connections — a long-standing, well-connected network.
PayPal layoff guidePeloton
ReferralsPeloton alumni across hardware, content and member support.
Pinterest alumni across ads, product and engineering.
PwC
ReferralsPwC alumni across assurance, advisory and tax.
Qualcomm
ReferralsQualcomm alumni across silicon, modem and licensing.
Salesforce
ReferralsOhana alumni — former Salesforce employees.
Samsung
ReferralsSamsung alumni across devices, semiconductors and IT services — note which Samsung entity you worked for.
Samsung layoff guideSAP
ReferralsSAP alumni across enterprise software, consulting and support.
ServiceNow
ReferralsServiceNow alumni across platform, sales and customer success.
Shopify
ReferralsShopify alumni community after restructurings.
Snap
ReferralsSnap Inc. alumni across ads, camera and AR.
Spotify
ReferralsSpotify alumni network and referrals.
Starbucks
ReferralsStarbucks alumni across corporate, retail operations and supply chain.
Stripe
ReferralsStripe alumni sharing openings and intros.
Stripe layoff guideTarget
ReferralsTarget alumni across merchandising, supply chain and technology.
Tata Consultancy Services
ReferralsTCS alumni across delivery, consulting and platforms.
Tesla
ReferralsFormer Tesla employees sharing openings.
Twilio
ReferralsTwilio alumni sharing roles post-layoff.
Former Twitter / X employees staying connected.
Uber
ReferralsUber alumni community and job leads.
UPS
ReferralsUPS alumni across operations, logistics and management; for union roles, lean on your Teamsters local network too.
UPS layoff guideVerizon
ReferralsVerizon alumni across wireless, network, corporate and retail; union (CWA/IBEW) locals are also a strong network.
Verizon layoff guideVMware
ReferralsVMware alumni — a large network after the Broadcom acquisition.
If you left after the Broadcom deal closed, search both 'VMware alumni' and 'Broadcom' — profiles split across the two names.
Warner Bros. Discovery
ReferralsWBD alumni across studios, networks and streaming.
Wayfair
ReferralsWayfair alumni across e-commerce, supply chain and technology.
Wells Fargo
ReferralsWells Fargo alumni across consumer banking, mortgage and corporate.
Wipro
ReferralsWipro alumni across IT services and consulting.
Workday
ReferralsWorkday alumni in HCM, financials and professional services.
Zoom
ReferralsZoom alumni across sales, marketing, support and engineering.
Zoom layoff guideCommunities, ERGs & layoff support (17)
AfroTech
ReferralsMedia platform and conference community for Black tech professionals, with a job board.
Blacks In Technology
ReferralsGlobal community and media platform for Black technologists, with chapters and a Slack.
Dev/Color
ReferralsMember community for Black technologists, built around small peer groups that meet year-round.
Disability:IN
ReferralsBusiness network for disability inclusion — employer directory and a talent programme.
Latinas in Tech
ReferralsGlobal nonprofit connecting Latinas in tech through local chapters, mentorship and hiring partners.
Layoffs.fyi
ReferralsTech layoff tracker with a community list of laid-off talent open to work.
Rands Leadership
ReferralsLarge public Slack community for engineering leaders and ICs — join through the Rands in Repose site.
Tech Ladies
ReferralsCommunity and job board connecting women and non-binary folks in tech.
Techqueria
ReferralsNonprofit community for Latinx professionals in tech, with an active Slack and job channel.
VetsinTech
ReferralsNonprofit connecting military veterans to tech training, employment and a national network.
Women In Product
ReferralsNonprofit community for women product managers — chapters, mentorship and a job board.
Blind (Teamblind)
Anonymous professional community widely used during layoff waves.
Lesbians Who Tech
Community of LGBTQ women, non-binary, and trans people in tech.
Out in Tech
The largest nonprofit community of LGBTQ+ tech professionals.
People of Color in Tech
Network and newsletter for underrepresented people of color in tech.
r/layoffs (Reddit)
Open Reddit community for people going through layoffs — support and advice.
Women Who Code
ClosedRan for over a decade as a global community for women in tech before winding down. The people are still reachable; the organization is not.
Women Who Code closed in 2024. Listed because roughly 250,000 former members remain reachable through its chapters and alumni — not as an active group you can join today.
Add a network
Know a public alumni group, Slack/Discord, or ERG? Add it. We review every submission before it goes live, and every published link is re-checked automatically.
What is an employee resource group (ERG)?
An employee resource group (ERG) is a voluntary, employee-led community built around a shared identity or experience — women in tech, LGBTQ+ employees, veterans, working parents, or people of color, among many others. ERGs exist to create belonging, mentorship, and a voice inside a company. The connections you build through them are personal, not contractual, so they stay with you even after you leave a role — which is exactly why they matter during a job search.
Why former colleagues are worth contacting first
Former colleagues already know how you work, so they can vouch for you, forward your resume to the right person, and tell you about openings before they're posted. A warm introduction gets your name in front of a hiring manager instead of into an applicant queue — which is why it is usually the highest-leverage hour of your search, even though the size of the effect varies by company, role and market. It is a way to raise your visibility, not a substitute for applying.
How to find your company's alumni group
- Run a LinkedIn PEOPLE search for '<company> alumni' — that always resolves, unlike group invites, which rotate and expire.
- Check whether your company runs an official alumni program or directory.
- Ask a few former colleagues which Slack or Discord communities they're in.
- Look for industry-wide communities (engineering, design, product) beyond a single company.
How to start one if it doesn't exist yet
If your company has no alumni group, start small: create a LinkedIn group or a Slack/Discord server, invite a dozen former colleagues you trust, and seed it with job leads and intros. Keep it useful — a steady trickle of openings and referrals — and it will grow on its own. Then add it to this directory so others can find it.
How to use this directory
You don't need to contact everyone — a focused 15–30 minutes goes a long way. Work through these steps:
- 1Find your former employer's alumni network or ERG in the list below (or add it if it's missing).
- 2Join the group and update your LinkedIn headline to signal you're open to work.
- 3Make a short list of 5 former colleagues who know your work well.
- 4Send each a personal note using the template below — reference a specific project.
- 5Follow up once after about a week if you don't hear back, then move on.
Estimated time: 15–30 minutes · Cost: usually free
Message template: reconnecting with an alumni contact
Keep it short, specific, and easy to say yes to. Copy this and personalize the bracketed parts before sending on LinkedIn or email.
Hi [Name], I hope you're doing well! I was recently laid off from [Company] as part of a [round/reorg], and I'm starting my search for [role/type of role]. I really valued working with you on [project/team], and I'd love to reconnect. Two quick things: 1. If you hear of any [role] openings on your team or network, I'd be grateful for a heads-up or referral. 2. If you have 15 minutes in the next couple of weeks, I'd love to catch up. Either way, no pressure — thanks for reading, and I'm happy to return the favor anytime. Best, [Your name] [LinkedIn / phone]
How we keep this directory honest
A directory of communities is only worth as much as its links. Ours are checked automatically rather than trusted: for every entry we confirm the domain resolves, that its TLS certificate is currently valid, and that the page actually answers. Each card shows the date it was last checked. Be clear on what that does not cover — the check tests whether a link resolves, not whether the destination is the community we describe. It catches dead links; it does not vouch for what is on the other end.
That check earns its place. When we first ran it across this list it found three entries that had been quietly failing — one community whose security certificate had expired months earlier, so every visitor met a browser warning; one whose domain had stopped resolving entirely; and one organization that had wound down without our description catching up. All three are fixed, and the check now runs against the published list so the same drift gets caught rather than accumulating.
- Company alumni networks open a LinkedIn people search rather than a group invite. Invite links rotate and expire; a search always resolves, on mobile and desktop alike.
- Communities link to a stable public homepage, never a rotating Slack or Discord invite.
- Groups that have closed stay listed and labelled, because the people are often still findable even when the organization is gone. We would rather tell you a group ended than send you to it as though it hadn't.
- Submissions are moderated before they publish, then join the same automatic checks.
Safety & privacy when using community groups
- Alumni Slack/Discord groups are run by volunteers, not your former employer — treat them as public spaces.
- Don't share confidential company information, severance terms, or anything under an NDA.
- Verify recruiters and “job offers” posted in open communities before sharing personal details or documents.
- Never pay to join a job network or to “unlock” a referral — legitimate alumni groups are free.
- Use a personal email and phone number, not one tied to your old work account.
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Frequently asked questions
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Deepak Middha is the founder of LayoffNext and a Chartered Accountant (ICAI, India). A U.S. immigrant with nearly 20 years of experience — and 17 years in hedge fund and private equity administration, including as Vice President of Fund Accounting at NAV Fund Administration Group and Associate Director of Private Equity and Real Estate at SS&C Technologies — he builds free, plain-language layoff tools and guides for employees, H-1B workers, and immigrant families.
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