[secstate]

At-will employment is hard. Honestly, if you aren't planning to lose your job tomorrow when your at-will, you're not being honest with yourself. I wish it were different, but outside a union contract or some other fairly well-combed over business contract, you should not assume you will get paid tomorrow.

[WalterBright]

The best strategy is to save up at least 6 months of runway.

[bombcar]

This is the real underlying story, and it may be unfair to expect people to "do this on their own" but in the USA, you really need to do this on your own.