[TheBruceHimself]

last-in-first-out is often the way to go. In many jurisdictions, it is simply easier to fire your newer employees as certain employment protection rights only kick in after so many months or even years. Also, the newest people in are likely to be of some of the lowest immediate value to a company as new hires usually require training and expected to run at a loss for a while before eventually becoming useful and profitable. So I’d say you’re most likely to get laid off if you’ve just been hired. Life is kind of funny like that.

[TheBruceHimself]

i’ll also expand upon my answer to say that, in tech at least, the need to fire is often after a hiring binge. if there is a general feeling that the hiring binge went too then it is natural to assume you need to fire those you have just hired.