You get very little from your employees in the meantime, the ones you are still paying, as they have a much harder time concentrating, and also don't know that

You get very little from your employees in the meantime, the ones you are still paying, as they have a much harder time concentrating, and also don't know that they have any reason to care about the company's future. The first week or two after a layoff is very glum and unproductive.