Uhmm.. Sorry for bringing this baby back up from the dead, but that's BS that only expendable employees were laid off.. 1/2 of the IT people that I know in NY were laid off (including myself) and most of them are very intelligent and hard-working people.. They shut down whole departments, regardless of your experience and your quality.. I was taking a class while on unemployment and let me tell you, some of the people in my class were nothing short of brilliant, on top of being very professional and pleasant.. Sorry but what you said is just total BS..