[foobiekr]

Only the first time and even then not really true. Reassignment assumes that reqs haven't previously been canceled as part of belt tightening in those other groups.

Also, by layoff N, you're cutting meat unless you are a massively bloated company, which is somewhat rare this time around (unlike HP, Cisco, Sun, etc. in 2001).

[fallingknife]

I work at a series B startup, and even we are bloated. It would be next to impossible not to be given the prevailing funding environment of the last 10 years.