company i work for sold to Dex

[Iowatech]

The company that bought the mothership actually had some awesome benefits, and except for health insurance did a much better job of managing the benefits I already had too. So I guess I'd suggest you take advantage of any new benefits offered as much as possible.

[blackcat4866]

I've been through 4 such mergers. Each has had it's own high and low points.

If you are ever presented with a contest in which the participants earn cash prizes for suggesting the best ways to cut costs and reduce overhead, watch what you suggest. You will lose the water cooler and coffee machine, but the guy who gets the cash prize is somewhere much higher up in management, directing the spending hundreds of thousands of dollars (like parts and toner sourcing), not 10's of dollars on coffee packets.

Management always tells you that things are going to stay exactly the same as they are now. But you can be pretty sure that almost everything will change. Some for worse, some for the better. The good news is that they will not ask for your opinion, and are not interested in it even if you offer it. It's entirely out of your hands. Just ride the roller coaster wherever it takes you. =^..^=

[jonhiker]

I've been through 4 such mergers. Each has had it's own high and low points.

If you are ever presented with a contest in which the participants earn cash prizes for suggesting the best ways to cut costs and reduce overhead, watch what you suggest. You will lose the water cooler and coffee machine, but the guy who gets the cash prize is somewhere much higher up in management, directing the spending hundreds of thousands of dollars (like parts and toner sourcing), not 10's of dollars on coffee packets.

Management always tells you that things are going to stay exactly the same as they are now. But you can be pretty sure that almost everything will change. Some for worse, some for the better. The good news is that they will not ask for your opinion, and are not interested in it even if you offer it. It's entirely out of your hands. Just ride the roller coaster wherever it takes you. =^..^=

Very well put! I am also a veteran of several mergers.

[minimerlin]

I've been through 4 such mergers. Each has had it's own high and low points.

If you are ever presented with a contest in which the participants earn cash prizes for suggesting the best ways to cut costs and reduce overhead, watch what you suggest. You will lose the water cooler and coffee machine, but the guy who gets the cash prize is somewhere much higher up in management, directing the spending hundreds of thousands of dollars (like parts and toner sourcing), not 10's of dollars on coffee packets.

Management always tells you that things are going to stay exactly the same as they are now. But you can be pretty sure that almost everything will change. Some for worse, some for the better. The good news is that they will not ask for your opinion, and are not interested in it even if you offer it. It's entirely out of your hands. Just ride the roller coaster wherever it takes you. =^..^=

I totally agree with this last paragraph. Our company sold out 3 years ago...same words...nothing will change..we just went backwards in our call logging systems by ten years ..back to filling out paper forms instead of using PDAs with direct links to our office systems!