My thought is all of these employee cuts are tied to short term goals/profits for the current executives. They don't care what the long-term effect is because they probably won't be around to suffer the consequences. They probably get a huge bonus if they cut costs by a certain %. Closing the Rochester site is already biting them in the behind since they had no idea that the Public Records project was so complex. They had to offer bonuses to prevent the employees from leaving. Many left anyway - even after quadrupling the bonus amount - since the job market for technology in Rochester is pretty strong.
Well stated @YBbVSr4-2omi