Antisa-paa-yaa-shun!
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- Mellimelvin
I've been working for company A for 2 years now. Company A was bought out and the deal was final last Friday. Big ra ra meeting Saturday, big "Business as usual, only better" speech. Monday is here and I find myself with no direction posting about the situation on QBN.
Anticipating a meeting with Company B to discuss my role in their new plan and of course the most important question...$$$. When do I get it and how much? Will it stay the same? How long will it stay that way? Can I have more?
The transition was handled poorly and questions like there are overflowing throughout old company A. I'm sure there's a few QBN peeps that have dealt with this before.
- flavorful0
Start looking for Company C...
- calculator0
Start Company D...
- janne760
Studio A?
- calculator0
Merge with Company E...
- janne760
Skip Company E, I've been there, they suck. They are full of E.
I am down with G now..
- Mellimelvin0
Company D started in 2006. But doesn't make quite as much as I was making from my j.o.b.
Thinking this is the kick in the ass i needed to hustle and get my business making more money.
- SkyPoo0
Worked for nearly two years at DMB&B before it got bought out by Publicis.
Went to Newell&Sorrell and six month's later it got bought out by Interbrand.
Went to Overland Group and two years later it collapsed and was taken over by Wolverine.
Went to BamberForsyth, found my home there, and spent six happy months as second CD before they told me, all full of excitement, that they had just sold the business to some bunch of awful fuckwits somehwere.
That's pretty much how I ended up where I am today, but perhaps oddly, my advice would be: Fall out of love with your company (if there was any love to begin with) and stick it out there sucking wages out of them and not stressing yourself too much about work and projects. Milk it for all its worth, because jumping ship just keeps you butting up against the same situation over and over again. Maybe you can negotiate a redundancy payment if you stick around and are a spare part, but if you just leave, then you just leave.
- I will definitely try this milk program you speak of!Mellimelvin
- killthefish0
Insert Company B in slot F1.
Also: when this happened to my company, there weren't really any good changes as a result. Did, however, have my insurance benefits lessened and my salary bonus apparently disappear. So there's that.
- janne760
anyone worked at BDDHW/CCWD/WWWB/DG JUNGLE DC?
- Mellimelvin0
Anticipation over... hammer dropped. Invoicing for this weeks work (full salary pay, awesome). Then all work will be billed hourly.
As @calculator put it... Company D in full swing!
- MrOneHundred0
When they say “nothing is going to change, your jobs are safe” they really mean “everything is going to change, your jobs are gone”.
- NONEIS0
Go to smaller company you will not get bought or sold, have more control, and end up more satisfied, I promise (as much as I can at least...).