What are the odds of being laid off if your boss asks you to write something called a layoff database?
normally I'd think not very high, at least until the first round of layoffs are done and any potential bugs with the database/application have been worked out.
"Why me?"
"You're more than qualified for this task."
Writing the tool to fire yourself is definitely a level up from merely being asked to train your replacement.
“We anticipate this being the last round of layoffs so we won’t need a layoff db guy any more.”