I've been laid off in downturns a couple times before, so it has been me in that pit.

But you can't have the boom without the bust, and shrinking bloated companies is a thing that has to happen one way or the other.

Also, the Twitter layoff in particular has had about as much advance notice as anything I've seen. It's been clear for months and months it was going to happen. Plenty of time to get yourself in order or get out first.