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Jan 9, 2025
3:02:10pm

BYU Grounds Truly Addicted User

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BYU Grounds

Bio page: BYU Grounds
Joined: Jul 11, 2002
Last login: Mar 21, 2025
Total posts: 49,471 (2,278 FO)

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So the company I work for was bought two years ago and now that company CompTIA was bought a few months ago. The sale..

BYU Grounds Truly Addicted User

Jan 9, 2:50pm

One of my rules is "never work for a PE-backed company." I like my life.

lagryffe

Jan 9, 2:53pm

It was great before we were bought two months ago.

BYU Grounds

Jan 9, 3:01pm

I plan on starting a job search while working and collecting my check and commissions

BYU Grounds

Jan 9, 3:02pm

I think it is tough to work as an employee that was there before an acquisition...

Tokolosh

Jan 9, 3:25pm

I have spent the last 9 years at PE backed companies. I am afraid it is long

Ojiisan

Jan 9, 3:33pm

I’m on my 5th PE sponsored company. They’re fantastic if you find the right niche. I don’t do tech or health care. I

WDaddy

Jan 9, 4:31pm

I haven’t noticed much difference between PE-backed and public companies. Any

Odysseus

Jan 9, 6:00pm

And that is what this company was privately owned

BYU Grounds

Jan 9, 6:09pm

It is a system where the very few get rich

justAnotherCoug

Jan 9, 2:53pm

PE ruins everything. Totally destroyed one company I worked for.

TerpCoug

Jan 9, 3:07pm

My boss took me to lunch earlier this week to inform me of my impending

JohnnyC

Jan 9, 3:36pm

ThomaBravo has that reputation. I enjoyed working for a Vista company...

Pwride

Jan 9, 3:50pm

IMO, PE firms don't make hard decisions at all. They optimize profits at the expense of everything else and exit soon

Jan 9, 4:01pm

I went through a TB acquisition last year. Rough when they laid off a bunch of people but has been fine ever since.

Jan 9, 5:20pm

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