Security advises you that it has been detailed to check your locker and cubicle for handguns and other lethal weapons. The personnel director constantly reminds you he is a family man with 3 kids who is forced by the company to notify employees of layoffs. Your best friends on the staff give you birthday gifts months before your birthday. You are given the wrong time for the company picnic and then also discover you were given the wrong location. The boss forgets to tell you the weekend project you are about to begin at 5 A.M. on Saturday morning has been canceled.
News stops about new projects in the works.
The normally arrogant and moody VP in my area suddenly got euphorically happy the day before she laid off several people. Your name has been removed from the inter office e-mail lists. Recruiters are calling you for jobs with recommendations from your boss. Contractors tell you a week in advance they've met your replacement. Your Boss informs you that you are being laid off for not working weekends.