I think it may be a way to convince people to quit, thus not needing to pay severance? If some new manager came in and told me "implement this by November 7th o

I think it may be a way to convince people to quit, thus not needing to pay severance? If some new manager came in and told me "implement this by November 7th or you're fired" I'd wait until the 7th to get fired or just quit if they didn't fire me.