Lay low don’t attach any undo attention to yourself.
Do not trust or talk to coworkers.
Under no circumstances should you help coworkers. Those that struggle stand out and will end up layoff candidate.
When its survival mode, it’s either sink or swim.
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@OP That’s a horrible way to go through life You must be a real peach to work with.
The OP is a nimrod who doesn't deserve to work anywhere. He's the self-entitled type no one wants to work or associate with.
OP, everything you mentioned will make you standout as completely unremarkable and nonessential. Most managers would select you just as fast as the person struggling to be let go. They can only count on you to be unreliable.
Simple. Accept the change.
Always do the best that you can, stick out your neck and take on challenges / products within your area that no one wants to touch and above all, help out your colleagues but make certain that there is a proper transfer of knowledge and that they are not using you because they are too damn lazy to do their own research.
Doing all of this has served me well in the 30 years I spent in Oracle.
I was riff'ed but because of the goodwill I had built-up doing the above, and when a role did eventually come up, was re-hired.