Anonymous 2400 HR - you might soon learn that layoffs are not about poor performance of an employee. Poor performance is usually handled through write-ups and terminations....without severance. There are many factors that go into layoff decisions, but tenure, salary and job skills are key factors. Before I was let go, each of my reviews for the past 9 years was over 4. What happened at the FHEG home office was a good old fashioned house cleaning to make room for many employees from kmart.
You might want to take a look around and see how many HR employees there are. According to my ex co-workers that are still there, what happened to the stores and IT is going to happen to HR and accounting just before or shortly after you move to the new building. One Follett is a great idea with one goal of cost reduction.