That is why the tone tag was included at the end, the /s was denoting sarcasm specifically to avoid it being read as otherwise

I think you're missing the sarcastic tone tag, they're well aware of that

Can anyone tell me how many of them we're up to because I've lost count

An old family friend just got let go today, federally employed archaeologist. He'd been getting the buyout emails but didn't take it so he got let go. Not sure what he's going to do now