My brother and two closest friends (i was best man at both of their weddings) are thinking about caving. Two work at Boeing, one at another major global corp. All three are quickly reacting that they’re going to have to pick their poison. I understand as I faced the same until today.. I accepted a position with a small business making the same as I was at My prior employer.
So outside of encouraging them to hold out and look for jobs it’s scares me that there are truly way more hold outs abandoning ship than expected.
Anyone else hearing the same from friends/family as more bit corp is jumping on board for this BS tyranny. Any advice? At the end of the day I’ll respect all three for doing what they have to do take care of their families.. but I’m devastated how quickly they are assuming they’re just going to have to go ahead and get the jabs.
Yep, pretty much everyone I know. I beat myself up on the daily for a while thinking I could have helped more, but I did a lot to help. Got them alternative job recommendations, offered to pay for their relocation to another state, and most importantly I told them for years something like this was coming - the writing was on the wall for a looooong time. They rejected it all.
Ultimately they made no preparation whatsoever and were caught with their pants down. I'm not even talking going into full preper mode. Just wiping your debt and getting 6 months of living expenses in an emergency fund would have done wonders. I still feel bad, but you can't care about someone more than they care about themselves.
I agree on multiple points you made. I just feel like I’m losing allies in more ways than one.
And they were definitely caught pants down… all three were so sure their employer wouldn’t require it.
Yes its extremely sad. Crazy how the one at Boeing didn't see it coming though. It's a defense contractor ffs, any business dependent on the government is the first to go.
I was thinking that too... I was expecting Boeing to be first in line to require it.