Pros
Some incredibly resilient and talented colleagues - those who are still left. You learn how to do everything - because no one else is around to help.
Cons
Since our company was acquired by this so-called "private equity-backed" group, everything has gone downhill - fast. Half the staff was unceremoniously fired, and those of us who remained were expected to carry double the workload without additional support or consideration. Teams were gutted, morale plummeted, and chaos became the new normal. Tasks are now assigned without any regard to people's actual expertise - because there’s simply no one left. It’s like watching a slow motion train wreck, where leadership’s main concern is obsessing over pointless 15Five check-ins and endless, unproductive meetings, rather than solving real problems or supporting customers. The company is painfully disorganized. Priorities shift weekly. Direction is nonexistent. And the few people trying to hold things together are burning out while leadership pretends everything is fine. Worst of all, customers - the people who actually keep the business alive - are being neglected. Support tickets go unanswered for months. Many clients are churning, furious, or simply refusing to pay. Who can blame them? It’s astonishing that this private equity firm thinks this is a sustainable model: acquire companies, fire talent, mismanage what's left, and squeeze it dry. It's not just employees who suffer - it's the customers too. This is how you run a business into the ground.