Where I worked in the early ’90’s it happened the other way. The white collars went first, in a near bloodbath. Cubicle dwellers throughout the building had twenty minutes to clean their desks and get out. A second wave the next year took more of them, but also hit the warehouse and essential service people. Even the company chauffeur. The last wave, one more year on, took the rest from all departments and closed the place down. But these people had three months warning, and time to prepare. They even brought in reps from unemployment to enroll us ahead of time.
Where I worked in the early ’90’s it happened the other way. The white collars went first, in a near bloodbath. Cubicle dwellers throughout the building had twenty minutes to clean their desks and get out. A second wave the next year took more of them, but also hit the warehouse and essential service people. Even the company chauffeur. The last wave, one more year on, took the rest from all departments and closed the place down. But these people had three months warning, and time to prepare. They even brought in reps from unemployment to enroll us ahead of time.