If the layoffs are NOT based off of performance, as the CEO says:
> By no fault of the Twilions impacted today,
Why not ensure they are equitably distributed? Is it racist somehow to ensure that black people aren't the only people laid off?
Performance motivated layoffs are where a company decides they're going to do a reduction solely to cull underperformers (like what IBM has done historically with their "up or out" yearly staff reductions).
When it comes to a economically forced reduction, management is 100% going to first cut the underperformers or those whose roles are no longer needed due to a change in business direction.