Life would go on?
Who's?
Think it would be yours?
That's cute...
The jobs would be re-posted, new hires would step in, and life would indeed go one.
I worked for a guy one time who kept a glass of water on his desk with a pencil in it. Whenever the natives got restless and complained about the job he would say "look at how little the water level changes when I remove the pencil"
Really, don't ever think any of us can't be replaced, that's how you will get ambushed.
