That is FAR less cruel, and more in line with how most companies handle a genuine redundancy. My response above was to do with the fact that employees who were

That is FAR less cruel, and more in line with how most companies handle a genuine redundancy. My response above was to do with the fact that employees who were NOT terminated were also subjected to the psychological trauma of spending the weekend guessing whether they had a job come Monday. Not the best way to keep morale high.