Thanks my friends for your cheerful uplifting words, scott is being positive and reckons no point in getting all worked up about something you cannot change,and because of the merge it will depend on whether they will just keep a guy from the other company on and let him go, but my boy is a hard worker,i am sure he will swing it,both of them will be fine if it does happen until he finds something else, their budget will be very tight though, but they have worked it all out, worst case scenerio,both my hubby and i have been there ourselves not once but twice and it is awful, not wish it upon anyone.

I agree this could actually work out for the best yet, so here's hoping eh? will keep ya posted, he should know either friday or monday, your thursday or sunday.