mutleyshriek you need to get a grip mate!
You may need to take a deep breath before reading what follows:-
No company exists for the benefit of employee mortgages or families. Cold, I know. But the truth.
Companies exist for one thing - to make profit.
If you find this cold brutal fact of western life difficult to come to terms with maybe it is time you either a) become a monk, or b) sell all your material goods and focus your life on charity work.
In the meantime, grow some balls and get on with the current economic downturn with some grit like millions of us are!
FFS!!