> In many many (most?) countries doing this is illegal and will land you a court decision against your breach of the employee's rights What rights do you mean

> In many many (most?) countries doing this is illegal and will land you a court decision against your breach of the employee's rights What rights do you mean other than the notice period (and the ones surrounding whether the contract can be terminated at all)? Because notice period can be solved by continuing to pay the salary and to be fair, Google and the other tech giants have usually done that to a pretty high level during layoffs. E.g. Discord is now paying out 5 months of salaries to the laid off people. (I find the escorting out of building, etc. super weird.)