Does anyone know what to do in this situation? This company(I just work on spreadsheets) has mostly been fine but experienced an unexpected layoff in the past. I believe a company they were working with stopped working with them or something.
Now sometime has passed and they are experiencing a "voluntary layoff". This announcement came unexpected about 2 or 3 weeks ago. People have the option to leave and get their pay check for a few months. No one has to do it. It's optional.
I have never seen anything like this and it seems like information is very limited. Workers were given about a week to make a decision and it seems like there was no reason to which workers were given this "offer". Not all workers got it. People who seemingly did a good job were selected too so it's not like it's bad workers.
What could cause a situation like this? Perhaps the company lost a deal?
Do you think more people will be fired soon?
Looking for any advice from experienced workers.