So the hospital I'm working for has recently been transistioning all new hires to a contracting company instead of a direct hire. Some newer workers, < 5 years, have gotten offers to join them. Older workers like myself have not gotten offers. The contracting company has been telling us to join them, and then yesterday one of our coworkers got a message from the contracting company that we will all be fired if we don't join them.
We find this very odd that the rest of us haven't gotten any information about this besides from the contracting company. We have asked our HR department and they seem to be oblivious that this company even exists. We have asked as a group to meet with the COO, but they refuse to meet us as a group.
We asked our lead, but there is a conflict of interest because they are employed by the contracting company.
There seems to be no transparency, and we are all worried that we will be terminated even though we are willing to hear the offers. However, no one has gotten anything in writing.
Can our hospital force us to sign with this contracting company? Something we also noticed is that the newer employees roles and responsibilities have changed since signing with the contracting company.