I think you nailed it yourself. Here is the message you get every day for years ...

I think you nailed it yourself. Here is the message you get every day for years while working for big-corpo like IBM: > YOU'RE PART OF A BUSINESS

And here is your "thank you": > You don't get notice (on purpose), you have to turn in company-owned property and they want you out the door

Why you IBM would or any other big-corpo follows this scheme of laying people off is beyond me.