"Plans", yea, you will find out of their "Plan" when you are being walked out the door. Period.
That is their "Plan".
Senior leadership learned much from the early 90's multiple rounds of layoffs. Similar to how the Nazi's perfected "The showers", and Contentiously Improved the process, LEANED out the long lines, BlackBelted the sorting processes, and more importantly, learned what to communicate and what NOT to communicate. Senior management does not trust any manager below a Director for keeping "The Plan" secret. As mentioned above, THE LIST, is the rolling RIF list, that was a process tool learned from the 90's list. Yea, they use it for the nine block, and to give out PIP's, and to give those raises that range from 1.9% to 2.2%, but If you think THAT is the reason for the list, you are dreaming. The list IS the RIF list. Another LEARNED lesson is, that the List is legally defensible. The SS leaders call start the gassing in seconds, they just need to determine what percent they need for the showers, and keep the number under any State mandatory filings (Another lesson learned). If they say it is for performance, it is NOT a layoff. Don't forget with the scum we are dealing with, they have this all thought out, they have perfected the process.