Early in my career, I was laid off during offshore outsourcing mania. Initially, they hired one of consulting company to handle oncall after work hours. We loved it, spent months training our replacements without knowing. We also documented a lot of our tribal knowledge during this time.

Then one day they brought everyone in a big presentation hall and fired everyone. We got 3 months advance notice and then minimum of 2 months of salary as a severance. Ironically, they didn't use the afterhours consulting company. Instead, they hired another offshore consulting company for the actual dev work. I guess they were spreading their risk.

We were ordered to train our replacements in our respective areas. That was the most painful part. The original offshore team also felt betrayed, I guess, and there was very hostile environment.

But three months of advance notice was very nice. Some of us got jobs during those 3 months, and started making double salaries. Managers were also part of layoff, so they didn't care. Executives were absentee mostly and they possibly didn't care either.

I needed an excuse for a long vacation, so I didn't look for work immediately. Instead I enjoyed traveling, my hobbies and side projects.

2. No. Other than that it happened during GFC, I don't think it impacted my career. I have gotten multiple simultaneous job offers since then.

3. No, don't think anyone cares.