[FirmwareBurner]

>If you value these employees so much that you pay them $400k/yr

A company isn't paying you X amount of money because it "values you", they pay you that because of the market forces that force them to pay you that amount of money. They'd gladly pay you nothing and crack a whip on your back if they could get away with it.

"Valuing you" is something your family will do, but rarely a company, especially a publicly traded one.

>be careful what message you want to send.

The message was exactly the one they wanted to send: "Everyone is expendable".