[Por_sha911]

Any time the employer does something ruthless the motto is "It's nothing personal, it's just business". The whole loyalty thing died many decades ago. I will give the company 100% of what they pay for. No more, no less.

Many decades ago, I had an employer that manipulated people into doing extra work for free. The incentive was that if there were layoffs the volunteers would been considered more favorably. When layoffs came, the volunteers got fired anyway. The people who sold the most were spared. Ever since then, when a company asks for sacrifice like extra hours or training someone (which means I make less sales), my answer is "no thank you". It's nothing personal.

I agree with the observation that these cuts are not a good omen. Companies trying to sell will cut vital people because (in the short term) it makes the P&L statement look good.