Some were irate at the fact that their own people hadn't striven hard enough on their behalf and had simply waited for other people to lay them off. But there were also people who were happy, because now those who didn't study hard would be eliminated.
有人氣自己人不爭氣，等著人來撤；也有人反而高興，因為這下子不用功的人終於要被淘汰了。