Last week, I got the notice that the private school that employs me will not be renewing my contract. I'll be finishing up my second year there. There won't be enough rising 6th graders, despite marketing's best efforts. So they're cutting an entire cluster for the middle school. That's one teacher in each core subject gone.
So how did they decide who gets laid off? Easy! Number of years with the company. The other English teachers in the grade have been there 5 and 6 years respectively. So you see, class? Loyalty can pay off, as long as loyalty means just showing up for long enough rather than doing any quality of work.