the townhall tears were literally scripted

They did a massive all hands last quarter because rumors were flying around. Leadership spent two hours showing slides about our runway and how our jobs are totally safe.

The CEO actually choked up and got teary eyed saying they'd take zero salary before doing layoffs.

Less than two weeks later they quietly "restructured" and fired 15% of the floor. My skip level later slipped up and told us the severance budgets were approved a month before that townhall.

idk man. those fake tears just broke something in me.