What would you do?
Long story.
We have a friend who comes from a well off family. She gets a trust distribution of about $2500 each month now this friend does enjoy the work she does and before the recession hit she had lived off her paychecks for the most part and gave the the majority of the money to charities each month she did keep $500 each month for gambling purposes and other than a social drink here or there that is really her only vice and it isn't like she is out of control she just likes going to a casino on Friday nights as a way to unwind from the week.
When the recession hit to save two co-workers from losing their jobs she made a deal with the owner of the company to basically leave the company so that those two employees would not be out of a job. Both women needed their jobs and both of there paychecks equal hers. Our friend could survive on the trust she get every month. It might have been a better choice in some mind for her to continue to give the $2000 a month to various charities (which included soup kitchens) but she knew the two women.
Employers begged her not to leave so a deal was struck that she would be a "consultant" still working her secretary would still have a job (She had planned on taking her secretary with her and having her work as an assistant --the woman didn't need the money as the other two and she the secretary, wouldn't have felt stabbed in the back--
So a month after she basically agreed to stay on for free the Employer fired the two employees the friend thought she was saving blaming our friend for there firing --staying on because no one knew the friend was working for free-- AND our friend's secretary. Our friend left and the business struggle. The one co-worker still blames our friend for her firing and the other co-worker when she found out felt bad she blamed our friend.
fast forward to the present. The company is actually merging in a sense with another company so that the larger company can service the larger tri-county area. Both businesses are de solving and the new company is basically emerging. BUT this one guy that the friend work for is basically bragging to our friend that he is basically firing everyone he can just taking a bare crew with him to the new company and IF the others want their job back they can prove they deserve it AND get paid a lower rate
NOW our friend knows the other gentleman this guy is going in business with the second business man had no intention of letting anyone go in fact he saw this merging as a way of adding more jobs which is rare in a merger and he is planning on paying people either the same amount or higher if possible.
Does the friend spill the beans or let the two business partners see what the other is thinking because she knows the one guy is going to say she is a angry ex-employee.
(if anyone is wondering...she went back to work about 6 months ago and is giving the monthly "allowance" to charity like she did before.)
