I've always wondered why there weren't some organizations that look for mass layoffs (whole divisions) and swoop in for a discounted business. Many divisions ar

I've always wondered why there weren't some organizations that look for mass layoffs (whole divisions) and swoop in for a discounted business. Many divisions are individually profitable, but are a poor investment of capital so they have to be jettisoned off. Get enough of they key players to buy in at reduced salary + insurance (oh, the insurance) and you can have a nice, tidy standalone company with reasonable margins, at least in some percentage of the cases. Yes, I can think of a "dozen reasons why it wouldn't work" off the top of my head, but even if we could cut layoffs by some small % percent, it could have a huge dampening effect on recessions.