I really respect everyone opinions and I am truly sorry anyone got laid off. As someone who spent sometime in "unknown land" without any job prospect, I can totally understand the frustration. However, I also understand the reason why the company is doing what it is doing. Not a single company wants to have the burden of having mass layoffs on the news. Not a single company wants to hire security guards to escort its own people. But this is necessary for one good reason. If they announced before hand who is laid off and who is not, the whole company would have descended into complete chaos with some all the back-stabbing and "why me?" attitude. You might dispute what am saying, but deep inside you know it is true, and would definitely have happened. If they had not brought in security guards to escort people out, there would always be "this one guy/gal" that would go ape shit at their HR rep/manager. You might also dispute this, but all of you on this forum know of at least one person in your group who would have done just that. It would have also been extremely inappropriate for the company to bring security guards just for that "one guy/gal" needless to say how embarrassing it would have been to single them out. So say what you have to say, but what happened was necessary. You are not the first one to get laid off, nor will be the last. What happened is something that we all signed up for when we entered this industry, and truly a part of what makes this industry so unique.
"For those of you that have jobs, congratulations. For those that don't, I know exactly how you feel" -George Bush
Sorry if this seemed like a rant.