Short but good advice. The last set of layoffs I went through at a big company was just everyone being really worried until they gave a somewhat fair severance.

Short but good advice. The last set of layoffs I went through at a big company was just everyone being really worried until they gave a somewhat fair severance. That calmed the mood significantly. Fortunately I missed the layoff cuts but myself and my co-workers were on edge until they announced the severance. Later on however the company announced 3 more rounds of layoffs, each having less and less severance and time before leaving. It would have been FAR better to cut many more people during the first round so they could have all gotten the same severance instead of later groups being essentially screwed.