I ask this honestly, do you work in private equity? I ask because, no one else would believe that private equity is anything other than a middle man to the exa

I ask this honestly, do you work in private equity? I ask because, no one else would believe that private equity is anything other than a middle man to the exact outcome you are describing, with the detour of cutting jobs and benefits from the remaining employees while simultaneously trying to buy the company for we cheaply as possible from the owner, and selling it at as a price as possible. PE steals value from both ends.