[thrown_22]

The people being laid off in the first rounds are not the best and brightest. You get those people in the 10th round before a hostile restructuring.

[bushbaba]

By the 10th round the best and brightest already left for greener pastures

[thrown_22]

In normal times yes. In a recession there are no greener pastures.

[cudgy]

For the best and brightest, there are always green pastures.