Sobast, the reality is that management want "cost reduction"
The only way these giants of the business world can work out how to do this is to shrink their business.
If they don't renew contracts they can retrench surplus labour.
They neither want us on or off side, it makes no difference to them.
Once the business has been shrunk down to core QF only, watch for another player in the mix, or perhaps by then part timers on AWAs.