Laying off people in a large organization is often very expensive, especially if you only think you need to cover a temporary drop in demand. - Redundancy proc

Laying off people in a large organization is often very expensive, especially if you only think you need to cover a temporary drop in demand. - Redundancy process fees including consultants. - Salaries for the length of the consultation period. - Stress and de-motivation in the retained workforce. - Severance or early retirement pay. - Recruitment fees and signing bonuses once/if the staff are needed again. - Loss of efficiency and experience of new hires compared to old staff. I can easily see that coming to a lot more than $80k per post.