That is the point of lay offs. They are not saying you are bad they are saying they don't need someone in your position.
sometimes a company will let managers in a different department that is hiring know about coming lay offs and ask/force them to take good people. this is rare though.
> sometimes a company will let managers in a different department that is hiring know about coming lay offs and ask/force them to take good people. this is rare though.
Depends on the kind of layoff. If it's strategic M&A related this happens fairly often. If it's purely a cost cutting hail mary, then not as much.
They are going to cut expenses by 40% and increase costs of their products by 20%.