A Google engineer said taking her kids to school just after finding out she'd been laid off was like being 'in a fog' in a heartfelt Medium post

• An engineering director at Google found out she was laid off as she prepared to take her kids to school. 
• Sivan Hermon felt like she was "one kid's tantrum away from losing it," she wrote in a Medium Post. 
• The thought of no longer being at Google after nine years was "too painful," she added.

An engineering director at Google said she took her kids to school right after finding out she was one of the 12,000 people who had been laid off by the tech giant in an emotive post on Medium.