But that's the point. You weren't a "good" employee if you're judging on one metric: experience with their infrastructure. You were clearly good enough to get

But that's the point. You weren't a "good" employee if you're judging on one metric: experience with their infrastructure. You were clearly good enough to get hired but all things considered you were the correct person the let go. The distinction, and you seem to understand, is that it wasn't a personal thing. People say stuff like "let go of good people". What does being a good person have anything to do with running a business? Not saying any of this is right or wrong but more musing over what drives business decisions and how people will often mix personal feelings into non-personal decisions.