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Wait, you think your company can be bought out by another company and NOT have a meet-n-greet?

I would think it seriously odd if everyone tried to ignore the change and the new overlords didn't introduce themselves.

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Yeah. It's completely unsurprising. It also looks like a chunk of the meeting is getting them situated with HR. It's mind numbing but better than getting situated with HR via phone tag.

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1744273. The article (at least its title) isn't serious.

I don't think Warren Buffet or other Berkshire people do a lot of meetings after a buyout. Sure, they bring him over to show to an average worker, but they're not there to manage. If they don't believe in firm or management they won't invest in the first place.

Most of their buyouts are private because the founder wants to retire or the heirs don't want the hassle of running the company. In either case the people in Arrington's role don't stick around because they already have professional management in place.

that's actually not true, they like the founders to stick around; Buffett is great at keeping founders around long after Berkshire buys them

You two have opposing statements, and neither of you backs up your argument.

I'm sorry, I don't get it. What two opposing statements does he have?

And also I don't see what argument is he trying to make in your opinion. From what I see he makes factual rebuttal of previous (incorrect) statement.

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