Director is told to accept $50k less pay or take 8 weeks' severance after company is acquired by another company: 'I’m going to be doing the same thing'

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• One director was feeling this when their company got acquired by another company, and they were given the decision of taking the same position with a different title and a $50,000 pay cut, or being laid off with 8 weeks of severance pay. Their instinct was to take this ‘new job’ while they looked for something different, but they wanted a second opinion.

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  Offered $50k less to stay in the same job

  
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