To me it looks like it's sorted by company (but not alphabetically), then by job function (also not alphabetically), then by first name alphabetically.

Ah, interesting. You are right that it's not sorted by layoff date first -- I thought that because the Opendoor layoffs were 4/16 and the Uber ones 3/26, but then there are some ones with no date from Uber included.

Maybe it's by Company with companies with more recent layoffs first?

Why am I looking at this lol.....

<changes name to AAAAAISL>

> <changes name to AAAAAISL>

Welcome to the world of being first author of a publication in particle physics.

A colleague of mine took the name of is wife to gain the A as first letter.

Andrew Alexander Anthony Aadien Arthur?

edit: I know this is nonserious, but hell, if you wanted to do that and you live in the UK, you only have to fill out a deed poll and get it signed by someone :)

Surely you mean Aadien Alexander Andrew Anthony Artur? ;)

Long ago I worked in support on a government contract where the first name in the email directory was Alan Aaron. There was no such person, but the account got plenty of email because it was so easy to include by mistake. The COTR's staff would go in now and then to clear it out.

I know of an organization that included a fake person on sold lists so that they could determine if the list was being used within the bounds of the contract. And it was useful for testing.

Similar reason for Alan Aaron?

Suddenly I'm getting a throwback to the "Aaron A Aaron" scene from Hot Fuzz

I was thinking Maybe Aaron Aable.