Both companies have plants local to me. I know engineers in both places.
Lots of concern right now.
“Lots of concern right now.”
They’ll be OK. They just have to “re-train” and acquire a new “skill set” for today’s competitive market.
I watched this happen with the banking consolidations; it was very sad to watch. A lot of people over 50 were “retired”, and the young (cheaper) workers kept on. They simply didn’t have the knowledge & experience of the older workers, and the new megabanks couldn’t care less.