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| Ask HN: Company acquired by private equity firm. What to expect? | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2016 | 9 points by big_bang_bong | acquisitions | original thread | | ||
I work for Mcafee Which Intel sold to a private firm, TPG? As a senior engineer, what should I expect now? Should I prepare my resume and start looking elsewhere? Any point in holding on to see what TPG wants from the company? | ||
| 2 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| tyingq Aug 23, 2017 | on: ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity | context |
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mbesto Aug 24, 2017 | on: ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity | context
> This discussion might be enlightening: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12458683 Take these comments with a grain of salt. If anyone is going through a PE buyout and is nervous about expectations, feel free to reach out to me...I work with a lot of PE firms on tech deal and know the drill. |
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| recommended by 2 users | 2014 | 158 points by Monkeyget | original thread | | ||
Interesting. A company like ThoughtWorks doesn't seem to fit the typical private equity playbook. Assuming that most of the employees, for example, are assigned to consulting gigs at customer sites...you can't just start laying people off. What would drastic cost cutting look like at ThoughtWorks?
Edit: Or maybe there are a lot of people "on the bench" or middle management is overstaffed?
This discussion might be enlightening: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12458683