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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostThe company I work for has just been bought out. Of course, there will be no change. Yeah right....
My mum used to work for HiTek Power (they used to make high voltage batteries and the like) and saw the place change massively after they were taken over by a US firm who shipped all the jobs out to Germany, IIRC. They left the place alone for two years after the buyout.
Another firm I worked at was also bought out and left alone for two years before changes started. I wonder if it's something that gets written into the sale contract to offer a modicum of stability to the staff?Comment
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This morning was off to misty start when I cracked an eye open at 0730. It's now clear and sunny albeit a little chilly.
Not working today, enjoying lazing about.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostOff to do the shopping
Originally posted by BR14 View PostJust had mine delivered
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostJust seen some of those climate change protesters going through Liverpool Street station.
Maybe I should have killed them to help the planet?
Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI gave up and went for the two nearest me
Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYes, I did that when I was too decrepit to go to the shops, though in my case it was due to surgery and I'm better now
Originally posted by BR14 View PostI do it because i'm a lazy fecker, and i can.
In other news, a nice selection of junk foods reduced in Morrisons, Ginsters Cornish Pasties, Scotch Eggs, Cornish Brie (.
Should keep me going until Monday.
Also found some more dvds, looks like someone's been donating.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostWell, they will give it a year or two and then there will be much change once they start "integrating".
My mum used to work for HiTek Power (they used to make high voltage batteries and the like) and saw the place change massively after they were taken over by a US firm who shipped all the jobs out to Germany, IIRC. They left the place alone for two years after the buyout.
Another firm I worked at was also bought out and left alone for two years before changes started. I wonder if it's something that gets written into the sale contract to offer a modicum of stability to the staff?Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Postwhatever it was they really bought the place for
And then:
Originally posted by ladymuck View PostWell, they will give it a year or two and then there will be much change once they start "integrating".
Never trust a Septic.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 20 September 2019, 11:12.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostWell, they will give it a year or two and then there will be much change once they start "integrating".
My mum used to work for HiTek Power (they used to make high voltage batteries and the like) and saw the place change massively after they were taken over by a US firm who shipped all the jobs out to Germany, IIRC. They left the place alone for two years after the buyout.
Another firm I worked at was also bought out and left alone for two years before changes started. I wonder if it's something that gets written into the sale contract to offer a modicum of stability to the staff?"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Scotch broth in the slow cooker with the remains of the other evening's roast lamb
It was only a small joint, so there'll only be three or four bowls out of it. That's plenty to be going on with thoughComment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostAnother firm I worked at was also bought out and left alone for two years before changes started. I wonder if it's something that gets written into the sale contract to offer a modicum of stability to the staff?
Though as I am doing AWS, docker, git, c# I am not too worried.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIt gives all the smart and competent - and therefore well-paid - people a chance to get out while the getting's good; no need to pay redundancy if they leave voluntarily. Then they're left with the dimwits, which gives them the perfect reason to shut the whole thing down at a lower cost in redundancy payments, while retaining the IP or customers or whatever it was they really bought the place for
I do wonder if the new company doing the buying out knows what they are doing.
I suppose I am just another pawn on the chess board of modern corporate life....Comment
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