For those of us who remain, the question is whether to keep trying, given we may be chopped anyhow in the coming months (as per the plan, not performance), or to lay flat.
Lay flat seems the wiser move. So whoever decided to drag it out until March 2024 really cost the company and should be let go -- for performance.
On a related note, I notice that more and more companies are hiring entertainers and personalities for the top jobs rather than up-from-the-trenches people who know the business, the product, and the engineering. The way ML handled the announcement was horrid -- he read a tacky script that only mentioned the layoff for a few seconds in the middle of corporate message-speak that would have been more humane if written and presented by ChatGPT. It's all quite disappointing.
From https://www.networkworld.com/article/3708328/juniper-networks-to-lay-off-440-workers-as-part-of-59m-restructuring-plan.html