Nice negotiation! I would guess that most situations in USA when there is a reduction of force negotiation would net absolutely nothing... Though I have never been laid off so I don't really know what I am talking about. Once when I quit myself on the exit interview they tried to offer me stuff to keep me around, but I still left.
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Finland and Europe in general has much stronger labor protections than the US. This particular thing wouldn't work there in the same company - people are just fired. However, if they were to fire me, they would have had to enter into a formal process, and since this wasn't performance related, it would have meant quite lot of work, and expensive. If I was on a Performance improvement plan (PIP) or had multiple written warnings (I have never had either), then it would have been far easier to get rid of me.
The formal process is time-consuming, expensive and potentially very awkward for the company brand, as well as very bad for morale, so they want to avoid it. If they can't get enough people to accept the offer, they might still have to do it next year I suppose.
What would they have had to offer for you to stay?
They offered me me just a pay raise, but I was looking for a pay raise AND more security. My son was very young at the time so I was looking for a stable job and it was right around Dot Com bust...
I get that. The irony of this job is that I took it for security, as being a sole proprietor was very up and down. I guess that it did allow me the opportunity to get into a house for now though.
Not much security in employment these days.
I worked for Fujitsu Consulting at the time. When I resigned our office was down from over 400 to under 100 in less than a year. I was very concerned that I might get laid off after my project ends.
I have done a little work for Fujitsu in the past, but not as an employee. Tech businesses seem to have issues forecasting.