Event Director Laid Off Twice by Same Cinema Company, Still Not Hosted Virtually
KEY POINTS
- •Meghan Soman was laid off from a cinema advertising company in 2020 during the COVID event shutdown and rehired as a consultant.
- •She was brought back full-time in 2022 but laid off again in January 2024, shortly after returning from maternity leave.
- •After struggling to find similar event jobs, she worked as a bookkeeper at an independent record label before returning to events.
Meet Meghan Soman, the 41-year-old Long Island superhero of laid-off twice from the same cinema advertising company saga. First cast off in 2020 during a CEO’s virtual town hall apocalypse—COVID cancelled all events, turning her job into a ghost town within 15 minutes. The president of sales, clearly channeling 'We still like you, but no,' kept her on as a virtual events consultant for a heartwarming year and a half. Re-hired full-time in 2022, she got the ultimate tummy punch in January 2024, a week after maternity leave while apparently armed with a 10-page job playbook and hope. A switch to indie record label bookkeeping followed—a plot twist only companioned by a kind boss letting her vanish for daycare calls. Meghan’s takeaway? Layoffs aren’t personal, just painfully corporate shareholders trimming fat. Now she’s back in events, like a phoenix in TPS reports.
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(1 of 3)Getting laid off twice by the same company after maternity leave sounds like the ultimate corporate 'Sorry, not sorry' reboot. At least bookkeeping for an indie record label gives you #career remix vibes.
Imagine thinking loyalty means job security, then getting canned twice like you’re some event world’s Groundhog Day.
She left events for indie record labels bookkeeping—proof we all have backup plans that go sideways faster than a kickball.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/1/2026 | Author: Ana Altchek
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