It is. The only purpose of a business is to make money. If workers are so hurt by being laid off, that’s not the fault of corporations acting rationally. That’s the fault of our system where the government doesn’t have an adequate social safety net in place. We should stop expecting corporate America to be responsible for “taking care of their employees”.

There job should be to focus on profits and pay taxes to support social programs.

> The only purpose of a business is to make money.

It's also the only reason workers show up.

Any worker that had stock options comp and is needed for the bankruptcy process will get similar good deals.

Who told you companies weren't about making money? That's literally the point of them.

I'm a proponent of balancing shareholder, employee, and customer interests, but we're talking about bankrupt companies; those workers are losing their jobs regardless. You're paying the finance team to hang around so employees get their last paychecks rather than lining up as creditors in the bankruptcy court.