Firstly, if you are an employee they are paying you to bend the knee and do what they ask. That is the very definition of employment. If you don't like it you

Firstly, if you are an employee they are paying you to bend the knee and do what they ask. That is the very definition of employment. If you don't like it you can leave. The willingness to dislike it and stay boils down to your options elsewhere. Not surprisingly in a tough job market options elsewhere might be less, resulting in more tolerance for dislike. All of this has nothing to do with spine and everything to do with taking the best option for you. Jumping ship into unemployment in a bad job market isn't a good option. When it comes to company re-orgs, you already have a new job. Mentally and emotionally it helps to treat it as if you just jumped in here.