I don’t get this line of thought. These employees were well paid, and earned good money for many years. They’ve had their fill, it’s time to move on to some new job.
A company should be praised for trimming the fat and reducing headcount: Making leaner more efficient operations. People complain why it takes thousands of engineers to run an app, but then they still complain when you try to reduce amount.
How are those companies insulated from the same economic pressures that caused the big tech layoffs?
Maybe rising borrowing costs will be slower to affect consumer discretionary companies, but they will, arguably more than monopolistic big tech. Boeing is an exception because of government contracts.