> I just don't understand why. Who treats people like that? The people making the decision to do the layoffs are distanced from the people being laid off by on

> I just don't understand why. Who treats people like that? The people making the decision to do the layoffs are distanced from the people being laid off by one or more levels of hierarchy, so they never have to look the employees in the eye. It's left to middle management to do the dirty work.