I make mistakes all the time as a developer, I would hate to be fired for them and if I would, I would never claim responsibility.

And that's why I don't get how people expect directors/managers to be infallible.

Taking responsibility isn't about walking away from the job, but learning from it and making it right.

Whether that is done well in this case, I don't know, but that wasn't your point. As far as I can tell they got pretty decent severance packages.

Sounds like they are being more than reasonable.

> 14 weeks of severance for all departing employees > will pay our 2022 annual bonus for all departing employees, regardless of their departure date > 6 months of existing healthcare premiums or healthcare continuation

Yeah, so you're going to go march in there and do something? What exactly are you proposing here?

It's a layoff. It happens. It's ironically a sign of them being good executives and doing what they need to do to keep their company viable so they can keep the ship running going forward for the remaining sustainable head count.