I understand business as I owned a small business for 11 years before I was sucked into the material handling world. I was completely upfront with my employees and told them about the sale. I told them if they wanted to stick out they could or if they found other employment good luck. Although the truth may hurt, as Tiger can tell us, honesty truly is the best policy. Come clean and I guarantee you the good dedicated employee will stick it out and give his all to the very end.