[s1k3]

Managers write novels because employees complain about lack of transparency and communication. I promise you no manager wants to write some novel about how layoffs are good for company, but they just or they get skewered for not communicating.

[freeone3000]

Saying more words isn’t communicating. In this situation, employees would like to be able to prepare for the layoffs ahead of time, know their jobs are safe (or not), and see what they can change. Saying a bunch of stuff about the future outlook of the company being bright feels like a lie when that’s the same email that got sent after the last round, three months ago