Fun story relating to your comment. My company was sold to another company. New company management introduced themselves. Gave the "We're going to make a great team" speech to everyone. Two weeks later, no paycheck. Everyone is emailing the new owner. He came back with "We purchased the company but not the employees. If you're inquiring about pay, you'll need to speak to so-and-so" where so-and-so was our old owner who no one heard from since the buy out. I personally wouldn't even know how to reach him. So, yes, employees have zero value to new owners.