Here's some advice.
Your wife already has the shot. Get a divorce and get fired then collect welfare and work under the table. It's what millions of illegals already do in this country
Don't like that advice? Then you have a choice. 1. Decide whether your lifestyle {house, car, standing, or whatever you deem your worth (which is an illusion) }is worth your soul. 2. Reduce your lifestyle to one you can actually afford and tell your employer to shove it.
What you actually have said in your post is that you have sold your morals/beliefs/convictions for a paycheck. You ARE a slave to your employer or you are a man. They, your employer, has convinced you that you can not make it without them. So you either prove them wrong or you bend over and take it in the ass for the illusion they have made you believe.
If you want to challenge me on this go ahead. I quit working for an employer in 94. I started my own business for the sole purpose of I was tired of someone else determining how much I can make, where I vacation and when, the house I live in, the car I drive.... Ohh wait, how's that different from being a slave? While I might not be a billionaire, millionaire or whatever society has determined is the best. "I" and only "I" determined my and my family's lifestyle.
So here's where the tread meets the road. Are you going to be free for the rest of your life? Are you going to bend your knee and kiss the ring?
Scared of failure? Ask how many successful people failed before making it?
You have been convinced by the Pravda what success is.
So what do the miscreants of the hide think is going to happen?
My company is already going hard with the mandates and are talking about doing them privately no matter what. So after over 7 years of employment and being treated like garbage along the way this happens. Have been looking for something else, but many are the same way, with less pay.
Really wish there were more companies that were giving these "mandates" the finger. With a wife and two kids I am stuck between a rock and a rock. Need to bite my tongue and get a new job asap.
What are you guys seeing and doing?
Good grief, I went on a soap box. But none the less. Time has come for many to put up or shut up. Man up or bend over! it's your choice.