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*sigh* Here we go again
Aug. 9th, 2011 06:05 pmMy tiny company is merging with a bigger one. I'm told that this is A Good Thing, that our owner has enough stock in the new company to make sure that we aren't twisted into something more rigid than the quirky, flexible, personalized company we are.
But I've worked for quirky, flexible, personalized little companies before, which have been bought out by midsized companies and started to change (I bailed on the Windermere-Essex switch, when Essex would have stripped me of 3 weeks vacation) and then they've been bought out by MegaImpersonalCorp.
(Seriously, at this point I can't actually look for work anywhere else in the country. Not only does my resume show a contractor's usual 2-3 year turnaround, so many companies on it don't exist anymore that it looks like I've just made up names.)
I'm not considering jumping ship before January -- I love this company, no changes take effect before then, and I want to go back to London in December if it hasn't burned down -- and we're being offered pretty impressive retention bonuses in the hopes that we don't job-hunt.
But damn.
The only immediate downside I can see is a switch from a monthly paycheck back to bimonthly. Having gotten used to the monthly one (and the according ability to sit down and pay all my bills at once) I don't want to change.
But I've worked for quirky, flexible, personalized little companies before, which have been bought out by midsized companies and started to change (I bailed on the Windermere-Essex switch, when Essex would have stripped me of 3 weeks vacation) and then they've been bought out by MegaImpersonalCorp.
(Seriously, at this point I can't actually look for work anywhere else in the country. Not only does my resume show a contractor's usual 2-3 year turnaround, so many companies on it don't exist anymore that it looks like I've just made up names.)
I'm not considering jumping ship before January -- I love this company, no changes take effect before then, and I want to go back to London in December if it hasn't burned down -- and we're being offered pretty impressive retention bonuses in the hopes that we don't job-hunt.
But damn.
The only immediate downside I can see is a switch from a monthly paycheck back to bimonthly. Having gotten used to the monthly one (and the according ability to sit down and pay all my bills at once) I don't want to change.
