... you are simply flying a bit closer to the ground than you are used to, or, in some cases, have never seen before. And, don't worry too much about the many layoff percentages being thrown around, as long as you have the wherewithal to weather the storm over the coming months.
If you are really worth having (and deep down inside, you know), you will be highly sought after by Sabre as a contractor, probably sometime within the next 12-24 months (depending on how much you really are worth having), at far more than you were earning as a Sabre employee.
Yes, folks will always say "You can't beat Sabre's benefits...", but that is simply no longer true. It was probably true 20 years ago, but not today.
The company is moving back to a contractor-centric employment strategy. This is for the same three simple reasons that allowed the company to successfully operate in this manner in decades past: 1) contractors cost the company far less than staff employees (always attractive), 2) the contract employee earns far more (which attracts the tough, gritty, and experienced mercenaries who actually know how to get things done, as opposed to the... uh… well..., what the company has to work with today), and when it comes time to reduce staff in one particular area, for whatever reason, it is far easier - it only takes an email to the contract company to delete one or one hundred from a manager’s headcount.
So, to wrap this one up, it may take a little while, but better times are ahead (but, just in case, remember to back up all your data!). Until then, though, keep plowing onward through the fog. And, with that, boys and girls, so long until next time…