Didn't rumor get out as soon as the one-on-one meetings happened? Someone was bound to notice all those meetings, or maybe some employees were laid off before others and got the chance to spread the word?
There weren't any rumors that I was aware of, but I also wasn't one of those guys who spent a lot of time gossiping about that kind of thing. I think it happened extremely fast with the one-on-one meetings in the morning and the group meeting right before lunch. There wasn't much time for rumors to spread.
