Guide to when there will be layoffs where you work

I've been cruising through this industry long enough to understand the obvious and definitive signs of upcoming layoffs, from both an IC and middle management perspective. First, and I want this to come across very meaningfully, they are often organized by one or two people with minimal information about who they are laying off in a sorted manner. I want to dive in a little bit more here and then quickly begin the guide. Your personal manager likely found out the day of, or the week of, at the earliest. They are impacted, even if they remain. In terms of why the chose you, it can range. From truly deserving, but more often than not, you fell midway through an arbitrarily ordered list. Such as how many tickets or points this quarter, how many mentions of gratitude, or a review of your performance without any context from the person you reported to. HR is given a template conversation to execute, it's never personal. I would not target your frustration towards them. It's a very draining