The eternal story of “we’re going to acquire you but leave you alone” that turns out to almost never be true.
Then a few months in, the warning signs begin. New HR documents to sign. New benefit schedules. Then there's some turbulence from above -- talks of upper management getting reshuffled. New org charts.
A few months after that, there's new customers to support, new SLA guidelines, new meetings for us to attend. _Then_ it's your organization that starts getting sacked.
It's all just a cynical dog whistling to get people to stay complacent and continue turning the cog while they pull the rug out from under you.
Thankfully I've become adept at the skill of jumping ship when I see the first leaks, if you know what I mean.
unless you see truly greener pastures elsewhere, getting acquired is one of the best gigs in IT
some other suckers like myself, we need something more out of our jobs; it sucks to be like this; it makes us easier to exploit.