Am I dumb for just lateraling to an M&A group?

Recently left a role in RX at a lesser tier-EB to join BAML/Citi M&A. Given the trend of slowing M&A \ and more credit advisory work, am I am absolute fool for doing so in a potential layoff scenario given that this group is solely execution focused?

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