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If offered recently do not accept! Stay at your current job! Never join a company going through a buyout! Stupid decision if you join!
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I've been through two acquisitions. Best advice I can give is your current boss won't be your future boss. Everything you trusted or had confidence in will be out the door. Anything you've accomplished will mean nothing to your new boss. Just like Cubist sold to the highest bidder you have to do what's right for you and your family. The only loyalty you should have is to yourself. Any promises made to you get in writing and get it signed. It's going to be rocky from here until the close. If you can jump ship now do it. No retention or stay bonus of a few months is worth it if you can land on your feet somewhere else now.
 






Made it through 5 interviews last week and haven't heard anything. Will they still extend offers, or will they have a hiring freeze? Currently unemployed. My recruiter is not returning my calls or emails. Heard same for other people who have interviewed.
 






Anonymous said:
Made it through 5 interviews last week and haven't heard anything. Will they still extend offers, or will they have a hiring freeze? Currently unemployed. My recruiter is not returning my calls or emails. Heard same for other people who have interviewed.
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Did they give you a verbal offer? The recruiters are probably in the dark as they work for Publicis and probably haven't been told anything either until the official announcement
If you are unemployed, you have nothing to lose unless you have another offer coming in.
 












If you people accept offers under these circumstances than may God be with you. You are making a huge mistake and will be the first let go in a couple months with limited job prospects.
 






This shit is a shame.

I interviewed last week and feel really good about getting an offer. Company seemed cool and I was looking forward to possibly coming aboard. Now this.... what are the odds...damn.

At least I have my current job...it sucks..but we aren't getting bought.

Unbelievable....
 
























Anonymous said:
WOW what a lie! Why would you tell someone that?

For your own sake read the rest of this board and talk to a rep you know. 30 reps and managers recently left due to the culture going sour. The new culture on team Blue will be churn and burn, put up or get managed out. Field time with manager at least twice a month. It's wasn't always this way, but for your family's sake be sure you know what you're getting into before you accept an offer. If you don't get a good territory you may find yourself back on the market a year from now.
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I quit in 2011 for same reason. Loved my boss as a "person", but he worked with me every 2-3 weeks, was hyper, threatened job if I didn't get more energy and entertain my customers more. He called me twice a week to ask "What are you doing"? I felt like I was in a fishbowl and couldn't go to the restroom without him knowing it. I made no bonus except training bonus even though my numbers were high and rankings great. Base was 100K, so lack of bonus was not the end of the world, since most companies these days offer big bonuses and never pay them!!! 25 years in the business, and I have learned to live on base, since it is all that is guaranteed, no matter how good you are at selling.
 


















Wonder if those manager who were conducting the interviews last week in Atlanta had any idea this was going to happen. Will they all still have jobs?
Kind of ironic as they thought they were so high and mighty and now will be scrambling
 






@ Post #28...right on man. I saw this happen to two people years back. They were both in early home school/training period and got the call. One had already received a rental car while waiting for a company car. And I doubt the hiring manager (or even RD) had a clue what was going down upstairs. That's how whacked this industry has become. But I agree, if you're out of a job now and get an offer, accept it. It might be able to fill those empty dates on your CV and no one will fault you under an M&A situation.
 






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@ Post #28...right on man. I saw this happen to two people years back. They were both in early home school/training period and got the call. One had already received a rental car while waiting for a company car. And I doubt the hiring manager (or even RD) had a clue what was going down upstairs. That's how whacked this industry has become. But I agree, if you're out of a job now and get an offer, accept it. It might be able to fill those empty dates on your CV and no one will fault you under an M&A situation.
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...but if you have a current job DO NOT LEAVE IT FOR CUBIST/MERCK.
 


















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