Listen Einstein, didn't you read my post explaining the difference between layoffs and firing? Let me tell you again. When a person is laid off, he can be called back when there is more work versus hiring someone else. They would need to train the new person, see if he he can do the job,etc.The person that is laid off knows the job and would be a better candidate. When a person is fired, he ain't gonna be re-hired. He was kicked out. That is the difference. See?
And of course you miss the whole gist of the coversation that we are all having. Are you that dense, or does WT programming just not allow you to see the trees in the forest?
The WT isn't an employer in the traditional sense, thus your application to a real corporation doesn't apply. We use the term "layoff" not in the exact business sense, but in the all-to-real reality of the WT letting people go after years of service for no good reason other than they do not want to support them any longer. That is what happened last round, people didn't "do anything", they were just pond scum on that needed to be cleared away so the elites at Brooklyn had a cleaner pond to look at.
Really does this need to be explained to you?