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we had a layoff in my company announced today (UK based), it will be weeks before I know if I'm impacted

If I decided to jump ship now and join a financial company in which I can guarantee quick offer due to networking I feel I'm risking exactly that.

It feels like a wave, if you jump to another industry you may risk to catch the wave when it comes. Specifically financial seems to just start now?