I was at TrueCar when the pandemic started. Suddenly everyone was working from home and new car production was halted. With fewer people in the market for new and used cars, TrueCar laid off 30% of the company. I survived but left before the next wave of layoffs because we were in lights-on mode, not building anything new. (1 year at TrueCar)
I went to Cameo next, and saw the company become a pandemic darling and a unicorn during my tenure. I helped build new features such as video messaging and subscription fan clubs, but as industries started to reopen, actors, performing artists, and athletes went back to work, along with the general public returning to the office, both sides of the celebrity shout out market began to tank. A left days before the layoff announcement. (1 year at Cameo)