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Dad's company being bought out - any tips to protect himself/leverage a better s

everance? Dad is 64 and planned to work for 21 more month...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
tell him to start showing up to work wearing high heels and ...
Mentally impaired heady university
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hyperventilating school
  09/25/18
"visibly queer"
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  09/26/18
Isn't there age discrimination stuff if he is that old? ...
Doobsian lodge
  09/25/18
I think age discrimination would be his best bet but I also ...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
I would anticipate he gets offered a pretty generous severan...
sienna twisted patrolman
  09/25/18
tell him to reply-all to the new CEO's form email welcoming ...
Wine Crackhouse Mad-dog Skullcap
  09/25/18
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Appetizing bossy set
  09/25/18
first, he's planning to work until well into his 70s
Adventurous locale
  09/25/18
right, laying him off now would effectively end his career w...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
maybe I'm not being clear. he was planning *wink wink* to w...
Adventurous locale
  09/25/18
yes, I know. Until 78, at least. He feels like he's just h...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
U seem a lil slow on the uptake bro
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  09/25/18
(guy looking in the mirror, talking to himself)
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  09/25/18
Send an e-mail to someone high-up using the phrase "ADE...
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  09/25/18
if they know he's that close to retirement they'll probably ...
blue house circlehead
  09/25/18
He’s gonna get paid to retire early. His company ought to h...
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  09/25/18
This is my take too. They will incentivize someone like him...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
i don't understand this. why does he need to be offered anyt...
alcoholic cream legend
  09/25/18
The acquiring company axes 150 people and tells them to fuck...
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
Change of Control plans are 180.
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  09/25/18
Leave the law firm, start an LBO firm with two partners: a f...
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  09/25/18
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embarrassed to the bone hairy legs theater
  09/25/18
wow holy shit ty
comical citrine roommate electric furnace
  09/25/18
Report back on progress.
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  09/25/18
I see no obstacles to this plan tbh
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  09/25/18
find a PE sponsor to buy the company after using your dad's ...
Khaki Histrionic Kitchen Rigor
  09/25/18
180
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  09/26/18
Maybe he should oh I don’t know work a non useless job? Fuck...
burgundy party of the first part
  09/25/18
Too late for that
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  09/25/18
No he's fucked. Nobody wants legacy employees lthat arent lo...
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  09/25/18
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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

everance?

Dad is 64 and planned to work for 21 more months until 66. He is well-rated and has not had any disciplinary issues. Been at this company 6 years. Company being bought has a lot of money as does company acquiring. He is in a department that has a high likelihood of being determined redundant.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883876)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:18 AM
Author: Mentally impaired heady university

tell him to start showing up to work wearing high heels and lipstick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883891)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: hyperventilating school



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883897)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: sienna twisted patrolman

"visibly queer"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883927)



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Date: September 26th, 2018 1:10 AM
Author: crystalline exhilarant indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36890495)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:19 AM
Author: Doobsian lodge

Isn't there age discrimination stuff if he is that old?

Also ljl at your dads wage cuck life.

Imagine being "rated" as a 60 something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883899)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:21 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

I think age discrimination would be his best bet but I also feel like it would be harder to make a credible accusation of this when the company is being bought and there are mass layoffs. At the same time I feel like the acquiring company has a budget for making shit like this just go away quickly. But I'm not an expert in this area.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883914)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:23 AM
Author: sienna twisted patrolman

I would anticipate he gets offered a pretty generous severance package if he's old and getting laid off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883932)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:20 AM
Author: Wine Crackhouse Mad-dog Skullcap

tell him to reply-all to the new CEO's form email welcoming everyone to the new team:

"im gay and trans btw"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883906)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:55 AM
Author: Appetizing bossy set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884559)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:21 AM
Author: Adventurous locale

first, he's planning to work until well into his 70s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883918)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

right, laying him off now would effectively end his career when he had planned to work until 70 at least.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883925)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:23 AM
Author: Adventurous locale

maybe I'm not being clear. he was planning *wink wink* to work *wink wink* until well into his seventies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883935)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

yes, I know. Until 78, at least. He feels like he's just hitting his stride.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883940)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: 180 stock car business firm

U seem a lil slow on the uptake bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884061)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:56 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

(guy looking in the mirror, talking to himself)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884119)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:08 PM
Author: racy bistre rigpig prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884668)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 1:57 PM
Author: Claret coffee pot potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36885552)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:21 AM
Author: Flatulent Mad Cow Disease

Send an e-mail to someone high-up using the phrase "ADEA" and mentioning that he is over 40. BCC himself or print a copy. Not legal advice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883920)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: blue house circlehead

if they know he's that close to retirement they'll probably just let him ride it out. company buyouts don't get done overnight anyways so he may be ready to retire by the time they start axing people.

it's 57 year old middle managers with bloated salaries and a good number of years to retirement who get fucked over in these situations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883938)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:31 AM
Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend church building

He’s gonna get paid to retire early. His company ought to have a change in control plan and generous severance is baked into the acquirer’s costs. Do not do any of the protected status stuff people are talking about as it will backfire. Unless he really is a tranny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883973)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:57 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

This is my take too. They will incentivize someone like him because they don't need 100 lawsuits getting filed even.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884122)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:33 AM
Author: alcoholic cream legend

i don't understand this. why does he need to be offered anything? why can't they just axe the dead weight?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36883989)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

The acquiring company axes 150 people and tells them to fuck off, and 100 of them file lawsuits, costing 10x more in legal fees and exposing the company to prolonged liability and possible negative press. Is that really a good outcome?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884123)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:07 AM
Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend church building

Change of Control plans are 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884158)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:42 AM
Author: Claret coffee pot potus

Leave the law firm, start an LBO firm with two partners: a former banker/PE mid-level and an entrepreneur. Place an unsolicited competing (higher) bid, using the two other partners as the face of the organization. Use your dad as a source of inside information. Get the deal under LOI with a 60 day diligence period, which may be enough to kill the existing deal. While the deal is under LOI, raise one-off capital from family offices and of course line up bank debt. Execute an alternative plan of reorganization that not only keeps your father employed, but promotes him to senior management and grants him significant equity incentives. When he is ready to retire, terminate him without cause and pay a healthy severance. Then sell the company during Trump's second term into a roaring economy. Retire to join your dad in the greatest years of both of your lives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884044)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:46 AM
Author: Infuriating National Gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884072)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hairy legs theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884094)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 10:59 AM
Author: comical citrine roommate electric furnace

wow holy shit ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884125)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:08 AM
Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend church building

Report back on progress.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884163)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:53 PM
Author: Claret coffee pot potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36885025)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:08 AM
Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884161)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Abusive multi-colored ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884647)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: disturbing kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884654)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: Vengeful bisexual senate

I see no obstacles to this plan tbh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884681)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 2:11 PM
Author: Khaki Histrionic Kitchen Rigor

find a PE sponsor to buy the company after using your dad's position to extract union concessions and hatching a plan to raid the overfunded pension.

After you close, market the assets and dissolve the company, lay off the workers including your dad, and access the cash in the overfunded pension.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36885674)



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Date: September 26th, 2018 1:30 AM
Author: metal turquoise home hissy fit

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36890535)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:55 AM
Author: burgundy party of the first part

Maybe he should oh I don’t know work a non useless job? Fucking boomers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884552)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: racy bistre rigpig prole

Too late for that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884685)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: Coral half-breed sanctuary

No he's fucked. Nobody wants legacy employees lthat arent loyal to new management

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36884705)



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Date: September 25th, 2018 11:49 PM
Author: nofapping startled hunting ground

Sometimes these scenarios lead to cushy consulting/part-time work. This is the best way to glide into retirement and avoid tapping retirement assets too quickly. Is there shit he knows that not too many other people at the company know and that will not be comprehensible or manageable for the buyer's people?

If so, now is the time to start setting up anyone around him to quit voluntarily or look like dispensable morons to the buyer and get shitcanned. Stop training underlings and tell them war stories about everyone who got fired the last time there was an acquisition. Write them glowing letters of recommendation and terrible internal reviews. Stop ccing anyone on emails involving the buyer or any members of senior management who might stay. Be the guy who knows how to fix ABC or find XYZ without looping in 12 other people.

Every company has old guys like this who coast by on "only Steve knows how to reconcile this weird specialized accounting we need for a state regulator/patch this code written in 1995/find the files that he sorted terribly." Ideally they work 4 hours per week from home but get paid for 20 because no one knows what they do and everyone is terrified to find out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4086995&forum_id=2#36890109)