What you say makes sense, but have in mind that it's not that easy to selectively fire employees (as opposed to mass layoffs) in big companies, at least in Cal

What you say makes sense, but have in mind that it's not that easy to selectively fire employees (as opposed to mass layoffs) in big companies, at least in California. It's arguable whether it should be easy to do that, but firing any employee - even with a very good reason - can open your company to a nasty lawsuit in many states. You can simply call it the cost of doing business, but big companies are scared to death of big labor lawsuits, especially class actions, as clever lawyers can often find some interesting pattern in the fired employees.