It must suck being part of such a big layoff like that, and knowing there's going to be 1699 others all looking for a new job too. I was surprised it wasn't in the Dutch news (nu.nl) yesterday, seems like quite a big deal. The only small silver lining is at least they waited until after Christmas - start of the year a lot of companies have new budgets so are a bit more likely to be hiring. Good luck to everyone affected