This is a real problem with the American corporate model: employees don't get board representation. If you were working with VW in Germany, this would never fl

This is a real problem with the American corporate model: employees don't get board representation. If you were working with VW in Germany, this would never fly, as the worker's union get seats on the VW board. In fact, this is why Germany is pushing back on Tesla's move: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-tesla-musks-office-ultimatum-to-tesla-staff-gets-cold-response-in-germany-3033536 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-tesla-musks-office... > ""Whoever does not agree with such one-sided demands and wants to stand against them has the power of unions behind them in Germany, as per law," Birgit Dietze, the district leader for IG Metall in Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen, said. Employees at Tesla's plant in Gruenheide, Germany, elected 19 people to its first workers' council in February, setting the plant apart from others run by the carmaker in the United States and elsewhere without union representation, which Musk has fiercely resisted." As far as practical matters, if they're going to do layoffs anyway then push for severance by not quitting and negotiating politely i.e. will they pay for a hotel room, make accomodations, etc. Legally, if they're not acting in good faith that's a strike against them, but labor protections are pretty weak in the USA.