Seems exactly like what my company would do. We would burn all the new hires we spent years training and then find out that 5 years down the line we have no talent in the pipeline
I can't tell if this is a satire.
Same. It's hard not to with lines like:
"In the end, I came out ok. The team still lost 9% (but it was not 10%), and my boss recognized I would do what must be done."
"Toni Crowe retired as the Vice President of Operations to pursue her dream of being a writer."
Sounds like she got laid off herself next go round.