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Are you saying that acquired engineers have a $1M value to the acquirer? From what I've seen, most are simply waiting for the handcuff to cash out and exit.
by blizkreeg 10y ago
Are you saying that acquired engineers have a $1M value to the acquirer? From what I've seen, most are simply waiting for the handcuff to cash out and exit.
- nostrademons 10y agoThe acquirer certainly is betting that on average, they do. Definitely a lot of employees do sorta check out while their stock options vest, but not all. From what I've seen, maybe 50% of the employees in an acquisition aren't going to be worth it. But the 50% that do continue to work hard and assimilate well into the acquirer's culture tend to add a lot of value - many of the best coworkers I knew in my last job were there through an acquisition. I could easily believe that they're adding > $2M value amongst the 50% who continue working hard.