No reason to think the company or jobs are in jeopardy. Maybe they are, maybe not. The really bag-holders are the lenders who will take a haircut. Most companies emerge from bankruptcy stronger than before, having never ceased operations.

From the article: "Broadly speaking, the CCAA is the Canadian equivalent of Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. Companies enter both processes when they are seeking the court's help to protect them from their creditors while they try to come up with a way to restructure the business and continue to operate."

Yep, pretty much. PE Owners get rich(er), debtholders get wrecked, employees lose their jobs, any assets (pension contributions etc) are given to the debtholders. The company will likely continue to exist and Instant Pots will still be made/sold, but with a much smaller footprint in the future.

The linked article talks to management about how unsustainable the $500 million in debt is without noting that it was half of that amount until these jokers took out loans worth $450M to gave themselves $250M.