This stuff's just another form of layoffs, really. That's why it's all hitting when it is. After waves of regular layoffs so people know they're serious and don

This stuff's just another form of layoffs, really. That's why it's all hitting when it is. After waves of regular layoffs so people know they're serious and don't try to put up organized resistance (they'll either stay and put up with it, or "voluntarily" leave, instead). Several companies are doing this, it's clear they're counting on some attrition.