Maybe... Hear me out... It shouldn't be trivial for someone to snap their fingers and axe somebody without at the same time making preparations and getting work

Maybe... Hear me out... It shouldn't be trivial for someone to snap their fingers and axe somebody without at the same time making preparations and getting work said person was doing handled by domeone else. Maybe, by virtue of being a large organization, there is a certain amount of signalling overhead that you end up paying for in return for the ability to operate at that scale. Mayhaps, slogging through the chain, top down is actually a feature, not a bug; ensuring that senior management know exactly what they are laying off. But nahhhhhhh... Can't be. That'd make too much sense.