As far as I'm aware they wouldn't have known it was coming and wouldn't have been able to volunteer. I haven't heard of anyone who was voluntarily laid off. A

As far as I'm aware they wouldn't have known it was coming and wouldn't have been able to volunteer. I haven't heard of anyone who was voluntarily laid off. As far as I know you were either (seemingly randomly) laid off, or you're still employer, in which case you could just resign, but you wouldn't get severance.