- I got my personal best review in the cycle before I was laid off in Nov. Spearheaded a project that got approving eyes from leadership. Told I "set the standard". Repeated expressions of worried incredulity from unaffected co-workers absolutely convinced me my layoff was being used to scare people.
- something I remember from the big tech layoffs of a couple years ago is seeing coworkers with excellent performance reviews - even some who had literally just been promoted - getting thrown overboard for completely opaque reasons and realizing that was part of the point
