I was working as a contractor for a company, and two of us were told that we’d be moved to permanent roles but it kept getting blocked higher up.

It then became obvious why, because then they announced they are cutting all contractors and I heard they were moving our roles to a region where it’s cheaper to pay salaries.

Then we all get called into this large meeting with our team members and some adjacent teams as some form of farewell. The meeting host starts off with something like, we have a few people that will be leaving us soon so let’s go around and share some happy memories and what you enjoyed about working for [Company Name].

Yeah I just straight up left the meeting at that point.