I got hit by II, back in 2010. They hired an intern, asked me to train her... a month later, I was laid off.<p>Also, I knew a number of people who worked for a local video game company who got the axe after their paychecks had been late for a while. They were all complaining that they haven&#x27;t been paid in about two months, and then one day the CEO calls people into his office one at a time... 11 people were let go that day. A bunch more got the axe about a month later. They weren&#x27;t a big company. It took a while for them to get their final paychecks, and I think that was only because a couple of them threatened to sue.<p>(edit: just to make this clear, I didn&#x27;t work at that video game company, but several friends of mine did, and I got to hear the stories)