More likely scenario: the company company is about to go bankrupt and finds a buyer. The buyer says: We will pay your investors $.50 on the dollar in exchange for all your assets and IP. We don't want any of your people as part of the deal because we want to shake things up, install new management and dramatically reorganize the Business because the way it's been running to date sucks. Like, seriously, you drove it into the ground. That said, we reserve the right to rehire some of them after the deal closes.