if you want to know how all of this works, here’s the truth. Finance establishes a financial target that needs to be hit and then the drones in HR scramble to figure out who needs to go. Often it’s VPs and above deciding your fate. They have zero idea what you actually contribute to the company and often could care less.
They then try to figure out the new org structures and the marketing spin around it. It never starts with the actual strategy and needs of the business. Meanwhile everyone remaining will spend the next several weeks/months trying to get organized, while the business continues to struggle.