We took away psychological safety and then told everyone to be more productive

I would also like to offer a warning based on what I've discussed with people who can relate. If you strip away worker's protections against retaliation and humiliation, this is not something only the corporation can do. It opens up corporations from retaliation from workers who were laid off. The current rules of engagement are cruel but I would fear the wrath of people corporate America has wronged.

I know someone who was laid off and the company did everything they could to tarnish their reputation in order to justify it. Even after a few years, this was still following him and affected everything they did whether work related or not. After the non-disparagement period ended from the severance agreement, they went medieval and made sure the company was humiliated. The way they speak about it, I think they will keep this grudge to their grave.