Let's role play.
Your boss: we were thinking about bumping up your pay and expanding your role. We're gonna put you on another team and you're gonna lead it. We were thinking about letting someone people go on your old team and rebuilding with younger talent.
You: Nah. Can't do that. WE FAMILY!
This what you expect The Rock to do?
Lets role play
Cast
Management
10 man team - co workers
Co-workers : hey man we try to collectively bargin. Management always tries to play us against each other or get us to negotiate seperately. We have found the best way is to present ourselves as a unified front, not let them seperate us, overall it works out for us individually and as a whole better because it makes all of us less expendable. Hope you remember this is they come to you.
Management: hey man we think you are the real star of this situation. The others just holding you back, man we got a contractor we want to bring in full time and we gonna give you a pay increase and make you the real star you deserve to be. Trust me man, we will do you right.
You: Sure thing boss, you can count on me boss fukk everyone else, I mean you would never do to me what you are doing to them.
This is what you are condoning.