Throwaway for obvious reasons I didn't get "fired" but my position did get eliminated. I was given about 5 minutes notice and told my employment was ending eff

Throwaway for obvious reasons I didn't get "fired" but my position did get eliminated. I was given about 5 minutes notice and told my employment was ending effective immediately. When I asked why, I was told they could not discuss it for legal reasons. When I asked if I was being fired, I was told "no". When I asked if I was being laid off I was told "no". When I asked for a letter of recommendation I was told "no". The Position was Director of User Experience at a mid-size software and services company (~70 employees). My team–JS devs, copywriters, and designers–and I had been high performers for years with stellar reviews, raises, etc. At the time we had been twiddling our thumbs for 9 months because backend development, which we worked with very closely, was so far behind. The writing was on the wall, obviously. I know why they did it. It was business. My position was a 6-figure line item in a budget sheet and wasn't producing tangible value. My team's output (user experience design and front end development) wasn't being utilized due to back end development delays. The execution really rubbed me the wrong way, though. I had been at the company for six years and had been told by the CTO (literally 72 hours before the HR meeting) that I would "always have a place here". I had received a number of similar reassurances by the CEO/Founder for months leading up to termination. These were all in response to my asking about the development delays on the other team affecting mine. The manner in witch I was terminated was very disrespectful and hurt my feelings. I'm mostly over it now, but I have lingering trust issues of upper management. Which is probably fine, honestly. I have been successfully relieved of my naïveté. It only took 12 years in the industry.