Hate to break this news to you, but laying off a large number of people off and migrating their jobs to a low cost centre and then getting these very same people to train their replacements is not new in Reuters. We did this when we moved a very large number of jobs to Asia. We were asked to train them after being told we were being laid off. Apart from one or two people, nearly all stayed to train their replacement. We too were told it would be a nine month exercise. For some teams, it ended up being 18 months!! I understand how this news hit's you like a freight train. As you also pointed out with Wrexham, even with us, there were a few people thinking it wouldn't really happen and they would change their minds. They didn't... After acceptance set in, you realise that you need to act and behave in the best interests of yourself and your family. Most came round to acting in the most professional way because they thought it would be the best thing for their future job prospects in terms of how they left the company. Some didn't behave that way. What I saw longer term after the exercise was that the most bitter/upset people found it the difficult to get a new job. Those who adopted the "I will be as professional as I can" mindset walked into a job much much quicker. Maybe that mindset helped them plan their future much better including giving interviews. I promise you this effect was very visible and real. I would never have believed it had someone told me how attitude makes such a big difference but I witnessed it first hand. Bear in mind I'm talking about a large group (teams) of people with a variety of different skills including those who had very propriety skills worried about their marketability. Perhaps those who stayed bitter showed it in their interviews or could not get themselves in a good place to plan their future career as they should have. But that's what happened and I'm sharing this with you as I have been through a very similar exercise and maybe sharing this will help. Today (years later) I would say most have ended up in great or better jobs.
This is a post from another thread, but in my opinion, the original poster hit the nail on the head. ( @VGDt0mH-irh )