Believe nothing "they" say, and look out for yourself. I hope for your sake, it isn't Hpeds, their track record is long and hideous (the last part of the acronym I just coined, not HP). Corporate America execs have caused just as much harm as politicians imo, and that's saying a lot. I worked for 3 different 100+ year old Fortune 500 companies (along with IBM), only to see them mismanaged into non-existance as the execs at the top plundered literally tens (sometimes hundreds) of millions during the process...it's brutal, but "is what it is"
. Good luck Mike!
ps: you co-worker is SOL imo...