If it's a layoff the most likely cause is that you (or your whole team) weren't part of current management attention points. I mean a layoff is like being re-o

If it's a layoff the most likely cause is that you (or your whole team) weren't part of current management attention points. I mean a layoff is like being re-orged outside of the company. The question is sort-of equivalent to "how do I make sure I get a better position in a reorg, rather than a worse one". It has nothing to do with your performance per se, the only thing about your performance that matters is that whether you're necessary to "keep the lights on" (AND that people know that. Otherwise you get the twitter "you're laid off" ... "PLEASE COME BACK NOW" Twitter fiasco type situation). Otherwise, you could have stellar performance, great reputation, long service to the company, ... and it wouldn't matter.