https://www.businessinsider.com/pink-slip-parties-could-make-a-comeback-historic-tech-layoffs-2022-12
Anyways, the parties started as a way for laid-off workers to commiserate and meet with others in the same position, as well as potential new employers. Now, 20-some years later, pink-slip parties are being floated as a way to ameliorate the pain felt by recently laid-off tech workers. We've got more on that later.