Why are you looking for proof about the layoffs, Eduardo? Seems like an exercise in futility to me....it's not as if the WT is going to have an article about it. If they did, I can't imagine it being anything more than an article full of denial, minimization, and diversion.
Why wouldn't a person want to see some tangible evidence of what amounts, to this point, nothing but rumour and speculation?
Of the many written documents alluded to by some, none of these documents have been actually produced.
So far all we have are friend-of-a-friend type claims and persons claiming to have heard direct statements or received direct reports from Bethelites.
Additionally, turn-over at Bethel is a constant feature and people have always been asked to leave. Simply because a few are asked to leave, it doesn't indicate "massive layoffs" as has been speculated.
The adoption of new technologies and automated printers will result in a reduction of staff - that seems simple enough.
As for proof, no I am not expecting any articles in the Watchtower or Awake!, unless the Brooklyn Bethel HQ is abandoned (sold off) entirely and relocated to Patterson.
However, one potential proof might be (even for gradual reduction over months or years), might be the selling off of residential housing property in Brooklyn. (Unfortunately we have contradictory reports of sell-off of some property but new construction or plans for other housing.)
Other evidence might be direct reports of former Bethelites together with their documentation.
A third area of evidence might be the absence over the next couple of years of any "pitch" within the Society's publications for new Bethelites. Generally such a pitch occurs at least every couple of years if not annually. Although some have claimed that it is the old-timers being laid off, it still would not make sense that the Society would call for new Bethelites.
The fact is that there are a number of contradictory reports and rumours circulating. Some say it is the old-timers being laid off, some say it is the newbies, some say it is the ones with higher education and skills that are being retained. Some say the lay offs are gradual (in which case how does that differ than the usual trickle and turnover?) and some say that the layoffs are going to be occurring at a more dramatic speed.
My only point is to be somewhat sceptical about all of these rumours and the so-called "massive Bethel layoff" and to urge that more evidence be brought forth before such rumors are given the foundation of truth.
-Eduardo
