actually it’s brilliant. get rid of the cancer at one fell swoop. without having a layoff and while being excessively generous about it. and the folks that you want gone have left of their own volition, left feeling righteous, not summarily dismissed and bitter.

it was a brilliant strategic move. accidental, as far as i can see from the outside , but brilliant nonetheless.

the leavers are in for a rude awakening when they find that most workplaces in fact don’t want their ilk

Yes. One could be attracting and hiring these people in the first place and letting the problem fester for far too long.