Nothing could have saved those people. The company wanted to show a bigger profit short term, so they removed employees. That's how it works.
The only advice I can give to these people is get the fuck out of that industry, it's so damn corrupt.
And everyone should avoid working for a publicly traded company if they can. They all indulge in layoffs regularly for the same reason. And shareholders never punish the company for it.
On the plus side it's why the titans pretty much always fall eventually. You can only prioritize short term profits so many times before a smarter company takes over.
He who stumbles around in darkness with a stick is blind. But he who... sticks out in darkness... is... fluorescent! - Brother Silence
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