[razzmataz]

You never know, maybe they will be sacked after these layoffs are taken care of. One place I worked at, two managers were each told to select one of their underlings for layoffs. After they made their selections, the managers were then laid off.

[smoyer]

IBM is selling, consolidating and closing whole lines of business ... there's nothing that says anyone has to be employed when they're done. I saw a layoff similar to what you described once ... a few of the managers laid off everyone in their groups, then the next day, HR came in from corporate, laid them off and closed the building down.