Being proactive is a good idea . You can explain to them that you want to know your options so that in the event it happens , you ' re covered . I ' m not sure how many people are employed with you that may possibly be laid off , but those that are reactive and wait until it happens may find the best jobs have been secured by people like yourself that moved quickly . My company announced a 30 million loss for LAST MONTH a week ago . I signed my offer letter with a different company for substantially more money yesterday . They had 5 positions , all which have already been secured by people like you and I . <| sep |> I have a feeling facepunch is eventually going to do this because it will increase skin sales by a ton .