Recent Layoffs, regarding severance and how employees are treated, does this reflect the actual economy

I keep seeing stuff online about how major companies are taking steps to lay off of employees, such as:

-EY got rid of people for watching 2 training videos at once, apparently no warning or PIP was issued. 

- Amazon is making employees come back to office, which is seen as a passive way to get employees to quit

These are just a couple of issues I've heard/seen. Is anyone else experiencing anything like this? If so, is this a way for companies to "fake" fire/layoff people but not affect their business? Also, as businesses become more face fronting on social media and no one wants to say the word "recession", are these ways to get around what is actually happening in our economy?

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