Someone in my dept had a planned retirement date in September that for some unknown reason was extended. We even had a retirement party for them two weeks ago.
Then on layoff day, we received a farewell email from them and they began their email with how they were “one of the ones impacted”
I don’t believe for a second that our VP didn’t know. I think they had them extend their retirement so as to have them counted in layoff and therefore save a headcount vs. lose one more additional person.
In one sense I appreciate that but in another, it means they knew names and they knew this was coming for much longer than they let on.