Was part of a startup (250 employees) acquired by a huge company (300k+). The megacorp had bought up about two dozen companies as they moved into this market.

It reminded me a lot of how someone goes about restoring a car. You buy three old cars. You restore one. The other two cars are parts cars for the first.

We were a parts car. We existed for a year as people were transferred to a different are or left entirely. There was nothing left but maintenance work in our group.