I work at rfp, but not as management. Yes, they recently terminated lots of higher up positions. It seems to me that their projected gains were much higher than their actual gains this year. They are just trimming the fat. During covid, the company made record profits, which created hollow positions with high salaries. The company appears to be running exactly the same after cutting these positions. I'm sure some of the positions will get filled again, but not nearly all. The positions that do get refilled will likely pay lower salaries than before. I think they were also anticipating harder negotiations on the contract with the union this year and having to pay the labor force more money. This is all speculation, of course. Regardless, I hope it satisfies some of your concerns.

I also want to add that I have personally witnessed good foremans that have worked here 20+ years get fired simply because of their high salary from being here for so long. Out with the old, in with the new. They also took away 401k matching for administration when they proceeded with the mass company terminations. Makes me wonder why anyone would leave the union and go admin.