"We should have seen this coming a bit later. Confrontation came too early! We were caught off guard, not expecting they would play hardball."
"It's not up to us to decide the timing. We're on the receiving end."
"Over here in HR, we have already received twenty resignation letters from regular workers, engineers and salespeople. However, no core employees have resigned just yet."
"All the manufacturers to whom we owe money are demanding settlement."
"Province Second Hospital said there's a problem with our devices, suspending their use. Afterwards, we received notices from seventeen hospitals nationwide who are either suspending or removing our products. These hospitals all have high usage, our losses are substantial."
"I have already been contacted by a headhunter, offering double the pay, a ten-year contract, the temptation is strong."
Laughter echoed among them. At least half of those present had received offers from headhunters.