A thought experiment, fully simulated

The Layoff Dividend

What if every dollar saved from layoffs went straight back to the people who stayed? Drag the cut and watch the survival dividend land in the survivors’ pockets.

Pick a company
Layoff percentage

30,150 roles redistributed

45%
0%Status quo95%
Salary distribution

The bottom 45% fades to crimson as it’s cut. Survivors shift right as the dividend lands. Watch the money flow across.

$0$250k$500k$1M$2MSenior
Laid off Before Survivors (shifted right)
Your level
Starting total comp
$300,000Senior base package
Dividend accrued
+$245,455Your share of the freed pool
New effective comp
$545,4551.82× your old package
Survival probability

The load-bearing layer. Ships features, hard to replace, mostly safe.

77%
Real layoff history, compounded

Survive the actual waves

These are the real, reported layoff waves since the mid-2022 headcount peak. Pick where your dividend starts banking, then scrub forward and watch your senior comp compound every time you survive a cut.

Company
Timeline · mid-2022 peak to todayTap a node to scrub · long-tap label to set dividend start
Peak
mid-2022
Nov 2022
-11,000
Mar 2023
-10,000
May 2023
-6,000
Feb 2025
-3,600
Banking your dividendBefore your start date
Meta distribution0% gone
$0$250k$500k$1M$2MSenior
Laid off Before Survivors (shifted right)
Senior comp ladder1.00×
$300,000

Effective comp after surviving no banked waves yet · +$0 accrued

  1. Nov 2022-11,000+$43K
  2. Mar 2023-10,000+$52K
  3. May 2023-6,000+$40K
  4. Feb 2025-3,600+$28K
Survival dividend
$245,455Paid to every remaining employee, on top of base
New comp per survivor
$545,4551.82× their old package
Dividend pool
$9.04BTotal comp freed by the cut
Survivors
36,850Still shipping
Laid off
30,150Comp redistributed
Raise per survivor
+82%Increase over old comp
Who’s left
36,850 stay
30,150 leave
Survivors 55%Laid off 45%
Culture Impact Index45% cut

High-density elite shipping

Every survivor is doing the work of two. And being paid like three.

Ship-or-Slide Indicator55 / 100
SlideShip

Ship mode. Everyone left is load-bearing and very, very motivated.

A toy model, not financial or HR advice. The dividend assumes 100% of freed compensation is redistributed to survivors with zero overhead - which is, to put it gently, not how real layoffs work.