Layoffs

My company laid off 3400 people this week, and claimed that this move was absolutely necessary to survive, what they believe is the most painful recession most of us would see in our professional lives. Then they used the money to renovate our cafeteria.

On a completely different note, I have been really jobless these days. Apparently, my manager was asked not to assign any new work to me, until my role was aligned with upper management. I remembered this Dilbert strip immediately. Soon after that, I found this and this.

My conversations with my managers and managers of other teams have been rather gloomy.

Me: So, Can i help you with something
Manager1 : Depends, How jobless are you?
Me: I have re-written all the release notes for correctness and completeness...
Manager1: Hang in there man, the recession won't last long......

Me: Why the long face?
Manager2: Let me guess, you haven't been to the glass room yet?
(The glass room, is the place where people have their one on ones with the big boss)
Me: Don't scare me like that man... Is it that bad?
Manager2: Why do people fear change so much? It is up to us to make change look like a good thing. Let us approach things with a positive attitude and solve our customers problems..
Me: ROTFL
Manager2: There, I have done my job..... If the big boss asks you... please tell her you bought that BS. If you ask me, if I believe that crap, I'll say, I'm not paid to think otherwise...