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Maybe there are some things I don't understand about how the DOJ works, as distinct from ordinary corporate environments. I've worked for years on tech projects, and had them outright canceled over a weekend: the company didn't want to pour any more money into it. Often, it's accompanied by layoffs. If you are retained, and you're unhappy with the inevitable reorg, you start interviewing (quietly) elsewhere, and when you get an offer you like, THEN you let your boss know, "So sorry, but there's an opportunity I can't pass up. It's been a pleasure." Even if the job was really a death march through hell that ended in stupidity and catastrophe, you smile and move on with protestations of good will.

The usual reason a group quits on the spot after a reorg is a bitter argument with the new boss, or with the new corporate direction, or both.

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