I worked there over 10 years. Could see the writing on the wall but turned down the voluntary redundancy. Got home a hitch to two later and found an e-mail saying I was all done. Things got a little complicated getting my stuff back. If they had had the balls to tell me up front,
I could have packed the stuff I wanted and left the rest. It took a while, but as far as I know I got it all. At least the good stuff. Must have cost a lot to ship it. They could have saved money by being up front and above board. As NEO says, supply and demand.