Highly depends on the company and how they select the people to be laid off, but the issue can be that the layoff targets some % of over-hiring, and some teams

Highly depends on the company and how they select the people to be laid off, but the issue can be that the layoff targets some % of over-hiring, and some teams are effected more than others depending on the makeup of those teams, project load, etc. Some teams are disproportionately impacted.