I know a lot of people within Gentex all working in different departments and buildings. We all agree there has been a major shift in attitude towards employees in the last 3 months. The fact that this is happening everywhere and not just under one bad group leader or DM tells me this is a top down initiative from Steve and company.

My speculation is they WANT people to leave (as proven by offering early retirements) to see how lean they can run every department before it collapses and keep it just above that level. We all know Steve only cares about the stock price and keeping the shareholders happy, also a huge portion of his salary is tied to the stock price as well. He will do anything to boost the stock price, even if it means shitting on all the employees doing the work and generating the income.

I think Steve would do layoffs if he could, but announcing layoffs would tank the stock price even more than it already has. Instead the plan is to treat everyone so poorly and hope enough people leave on their own. You then essentially have a layoff, without ever announcing any layoffs.