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Ask HN: Experiences of employees in companies that have been acquired?
Can those who have been employed at startups that were acquired by larger companies shed some light on there experiences at the new company?
My company was acquired by Google a year ago and while on paper I am deemed a Google employee I wouldn't actually classify myself as one. I would say that I am still a sysadmin for a (dieing) startup but with better perks.
Anyone else in a similar situation?
- lmm 15y agoMy previous^2 job was similar. At first everything stayed the same, then slowly the culture started to shift. Outlook was mandated, some perks went away, the best people started leaving. I left around a year later; the work was still mostly the same, but the culture was a lot more "big company", and there were cumbersome procedures around more things (e.g. timesheets). Hopefully google will be a shift for the better rather than worse, but I'd keep an eye on your options.