Four stages. Evaluation begins Day 1. Salary continuity follows your waiting period. Active placement runs until you're back to work.
Evaluation and placement begin on Day 1
The moment you're laid off, Gatoms activates. Your activation assessment begins immediately — deep technical and soft skills evaluation, resume benchmarking, and a verified Gatoms Candidate Profile. Active placement starts on the same day.
After your waiting period
Salary continuity kicks in after your membership waiting period ends (Founding Members: 3 months · Early Members: 6 months · Standard Members: 12 months). It continues until you're placed — so you negotiate from strength, not desperation.
Gatoms works the market for you
Gatoms proactively matches you with employers and makes warm outreach — not passive listings. Your verified Solve to Save profile is ranked and visible to enrolled company recruiters daily. Zero placement fee to employers removes the biggest hiring friction.
Re-employment bonus for speed
Once you accept an offer, salary continuity ends and the re-employment bonus kicks in — rewarding you for accepting quickly. Month 1: 15% of your monthly salary continuity amount. Month 2: 10%. Month 3: 5%. Month 4+: no bonus. The faster the placement, the better for you and for the Gatoms network.
Before. You enroll as an annual member while you're employed so the career safety net is ready when you need it. Gatoms does not accept new members after a layoff event has occurred.
Any involuntary separation — reduction in force, role elimination, company closure, or mass layoff. Voluntary resignations, performance terminations, and contract expirations do not qualify.
Annual membership fees from both B2C members and B2B company enrollments create a float that funds salary continuity. Annual upfront payments mean fees are collected well before any payouts begin — giving Gatoms a stable base to operate from. Gatoms is classified as an HR services company, not an insurer.
Yes. Waiting periods exist to maintain integrity and fairness. Founding Members (first 500): 3 months. Early Members (501–2,000): 6 months. Standard Members (2,001+): 12 months. Evaluation and accelerated placement begin on Day 1 of a layoff — regardless of tier. Salary continuity follows after your waiting period plus a 2-month payment delay for individual memberships (the B2B / company-sponsored path uses a 1-month delay).
Great — that's the goal. Evaluation and active placement begin on Day 1, before salary continuity starts. If you're placed quickly — before or during your salary continuity period — payouts simply don't start or stop immediately. Gatoms' model is built to incentivise fast placement for everyone.
Annual membership. Founding Member spots are limited — shorter waiting period, same price.