It's nothing personal, it's just business, big business
This week has been a rough week for alot of people who share a long history with JBL. The news that JBL would cease manufacturing in the United States has had a profound impact on the people who have given so much to the continued success, through good times and bad times, of this American legend. By the end of June this year many of us will be left with nothing but memories and alot of good folks will be unemployed.
I guess it works out in the end that these kinds of hard decisions are made by impassive people with no vested interest in the Lansing heritage. They neither know nor care about the history of the company and its people, their function is to make money. The people who have a long and storied relationship with the company, who have come to love their jobs, their fellows, and the products they create for the enjoyment of so very many, have become liabilities.
To some people this will merely be another tansition and they will continue on with their day. To other people this will be like a death in the family.