Asked to sign a "hardcode" loyalty pledge. Refused. Escorted out.

After the first round of cuts, remaining employees got an email asking them to commit to being "hardcore" — long hours, intense work, no excuses. You clicked yes, or you left. A link to a form, and a deadline. I didn't click yes. I don't know how to describe what that felt like exactly — it wasn't principled heroism, it was just that I couldn't click yes in good conscience after what I'd just watched happen to my colleagues. I was out within 24 hours. I was told I was "voluntarily resigning." I wasn't voluntarily resigning. I was being given a choice designed to produce a specific outcome. The colleagues who did click yes later described months of extreme pressure, expanding remits with no additional pay, and an atmosphere where questioning anything was treated as disloyalty.