Not sure why that was ever the plan, as there are clearly not enough people.

Also over here, east of 15°E we were fired all the same.

I believe the plan is to quite simply "do less overall unless it's about AI", but everyone was waiting for others to start layoffs first.

I spent six months working part time and the decision makers made it clear that this is preferable for them long term. Beats getting fired, but I couldn't sustain this lifestyle - I'm frugal but not that frugal.