I think it's very possible that more people applied than what they anticipated.
imagine if the target was 8,000 eliminations and they received 12,000 applications... but of those 12,000 applications, only 3,000 were on the elimination list. they still need to cut the 5,000... so what do they do? maybe accept 1,000 of the VSPs and still have to cut 4,000...
now for those 8,000 VSP applications they have to reject? that's a LOT of pi---d off people who will probably be looking to leave. now they have to figure out how to retain those employees.
and for those 4,000 being cut... they will be upset too.
that is probably the clusterf*ck they have gotten themselves into.
July is about to be a headache for everyone.