[cranberryturkey]

Those that are under performing and those that are paid the most.

[wg0]

This would suggest that everyone laid off in recent waves were mostly under performers or over paid?

[bell-cot]

A better phrasing might be "if someone was laid off in recent waves, then there is a higher probability that they were an under-performer, or over-paid, compared to the workers who were not laid off".

(And try not to use the phrasing "everyone X were mostly" near old math teachers.)

[cranberryturkey]

That's typically what I've seen. If you are indispensable you won't get laid off as easily.

[taylodl]

Careful. I've seen "indispensable" people get laid off. It's a reminder that everybody is dispensable.

[bigs]

This ^

And those approaching significant milestone payment obligations (e.g. long service pay)