I can't help thinking this rash of sackings etc, forms part of a management plan to intimidate the weak and weary, prior to the
action they know is inevitable, if they do not come to the party.
I am probably not alone in having several letters on my P file, for declining Ken's offer of a new contract, for being sick etc etc.
I was also threatened with the sack in 99.
Intimidated? Contemptuous!