It's difficult, period.

I worked for a local company of about 200 and we were acquired by a 80,000+ company. The fact of the matter is that if you weren't one of the higher ups then you didn't get in on the buyout deal and were left to perform the status quo until plans could be made to gut and incorporate the smaller company into the larger one's infrastructure.

Management's end of the bargain was to stay on board locally for a few years just for show but it was obvious they had all checked out. My "above-and-beyond" attitude amounted to someone else's payday and departure.

I eventually got a new job with a 10,000+ company and am happier since it was my decision to be part of a large entity. Albeit, the higher salary and good benefits significantly influenced in my happiness.

It's difficult, period.

I worked for a local company of about 200 and we were acquired by a 80,000+ company. The fact of the matter is that if you weren't one of the higher ups then you didn't get in on the buyout deal and were left to perform the status quo until plans could be made to gut and incorporate the smaller company into the larger one's infrastructure. Various scare tactics were initiated during that first year of acquisition to shake down weaker people.

Management's end of the bargain was to stay on board locally for a few years just for show but it was obvious they had all checked out. My "above-and-beyond" attitude amounted to someone else's payday and departure.

I eventually got a new job with a 10,000+ company and am happier since it was my decision to be part of a large entity. Albeit, the higher salary and good benefits significantly influenced in my happiness.

It's been almost 5 years now and the one glimmer of hope is that I'm seeing a lot of old colleagues getting higher management titles and lower employees are moving into management positions. So it does seem like a lot of growth opportunity did crop up and the company was not gutted.

It's difficult, period.

I worked for a local company of about 200 and we were acquired by a 80,000+ company. The fact of the matter is that if you weren't one of the higher ups then you didn't get in on the buyout deal and were left to perform the status quo until plans could be made to gut and incorporate the smaller company into the larger one's infrastructure.

Management's end of the bargain was to stay on board locally for a few years just for show but it was obvious they had all checked out. My "above-and-beyond" attitude amounted to someone else's payday and departure.

I eventually got a new job with a 10,000+ company and am happier since it was my decision to be part of a large entity.

It's difficult, period.

I worked for a local company of about 200 and we were acquired by a 80,000+ company. The fact of the matter is that if you weren't one of the higher ups then you didn't get in on the buyout deal and were left to perform the status quo until plans could be made to gut and incorporate the smaller company into the larger one's infrastructure.

Management's end of the bargain was to stay on board locally for a few years just for show but it was obvious they had all checked out. My "above-and-beyond" attitude amounted to someone else's payday and departure.

I eventually got a new job with a 10,000+ company and am happier since it was my decision to be part of a large entity. Albeit, the higher salary and good benefits significantly influenced in my happiness.