I’m sorry that happened to you. I’m going through a similar experience. Here’s what I learned from it: Generally, the higher the risk, the higher the pay. Corpos pay more, because your job is at risk from day 1. Find a job at a small company; a mom/pop, if possible. Eventually, if enough people do this and don’t get €€ in their eyes with the higher (but much riskier) pay, the corpos will catch on and adjust their layoffs practice or die.