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> There's no culture clash between Slack and Salesforce. There's a Slack culture that once existed, and now there's Salesforce culture the company those workers
by kmlx 4y ago
> There's no culture clash between Slack and Salesforce. There's a Slack culture that once existed, and now there's Salesforce culture the company those workers now work at. You can embrace it, you can be unhappy, and you can leave.
hmm, there seems to be some misunderstanding. simplifying, there are two types of acquisitions: holding and integration. for holding a company getting acquired remains quite independent. for integration the company getting acquired is integrated into the parent. how this integration happens is up to both participants. sometimes both companies have to change, other times one company imposes their culture over the other. but from what i’ve see, IT companies (especially american) definitely prefer deep integration into the parent. in other fields (and nations) holding is more popular.
- datavirtue 4y agoYeah, and deep integration of disparate businesses is not something humans have a very good chance of pulling off. Trying to force two organic entities to merge into your vision. You have a very small chance of that working out. So small that, as an investor, I don't trust it will benefit me.