For others, there's the buyout. They're telling you to do something you don't want to do, and at the same time telling you they'll pay you not to do it (and quit.)
It's a merger, they promised to do this. No matter what fake antitrust settlements and judges said. They're already deeply in the hole valuation-wise, they aren't going to be able to downsize their way out of it. It's the least they can do.
I'm actually curious if the plan is to have it take out a bunch of loans, strip the thing of assets, and dump it.
Ask 10 people in the street about their opinion of unions, and 8 of them will regurgitate some vague concern about union leadership corruption, protection of “lazy workers” or exorbitant dues, rather than cite one of the many hard-won historical victories against exploitation or unsafe working conditions over the years. That’s no accident.
Imagine if somebody like Lebron James, Patrick Mahomas, or Tom Cruise was in a union!!
We won’t share the benefits, of course. But trust me, bro, they’re Hugh Mongus.
Return to office is just punishment for employees getting ideas above their station during the covid years.