Sad stuff to read, honestly. Not sure what kind of employees these people were, but it sounds like there is little agreement between management and the workers. Definitely goes with the trend of where the game is going I suppose...
Well the max any pure will be is 102. For example, you could have a pure will just 99 Strength, the other with 99 Strength/Attack/Ranged/Magic and they would be the same combat level. So I guess this does kind of kill pures.