A pattern I've observed at international companies who have done multiple layoffs in the past 12 months is that the European offices are rarely hit hard in wave 1 due to the additional statutory protections in many European countries.

However, that seems to fire the starting gun on the preparations needed to then carry out layoffs that require longer statutory processes in Europe, which then get included in the second or future wave of layoffs. Meta for example appeared to follow this pattern, and I've heard as much from people with direct knowledge of events.

This is Unity's third round of layoffs this year.

Off the charts? Compared to completely at will maybe. You generally have to pay 3 months severance + 1 month per 3 years of employment for a maximum of 6 months severance after 9 years of employment. That's it.

I heard that it's relatively easy to fire people in Denmark, at least compared to the rest of Europe. Once fired, they fall into the arms of a generous social safety net, so getting fired is not as harmful as it is in other countries.

In what way? Here in Sweden most fired employees gets a couple of monthly salaries. It won't stop them from shutting down a full office. The union can go on strike but seems rather pointless if they are shutting down anyway.

The union-company power balance need the company to want to keep the office open. Otherwise there is nothing to bargain with.

The "main" office has been in SF for years.