1) Have to admit that the last few months were quite depressing and it was frustrating to see your colleagues and friends being laid off. However, the company is still evolving and it had to make adjustments. As far as I know, all laid off people got good compensation.
2) Uptake still has the ambiguity of an early stage company when it is 4 years old. In the past, the company changed its vision quite a lot and it always results in huge uncertainties within the company.