It is usually not that random. People get laid off from low impact projects/teams. People working on higher profile, more important projects get to stay, even

It is usually not that random. People get laid off from low impact projects/teams. People working on higher profile, more important projects get to stay, even if they're objectively worse than those who got laid off. There are obviously exceptions, like strict "lay off 10% of all teams" type of layoffs, or a family business firing everyone who's not family, or Elon Musk firing anyone who disagrees with him.