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Ask HN: What is your experience being aquired by Private Equity firm?

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Ask HN: What is your experience being aquired by Private Equity firm?

#1
1. Were you senior management? Small/big startup?

2. Did everybody stay on the team?

3. Constant stress to deliver?

4. Did you get a salary bump and better benefits like health insurance, vacation days, etc.?

5. Did work hours become more reasonable or were you always on?

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Re: Ask HN: What is your experience being aquired by Private Equity firm?

#2
1 peon 2 layoffs occurred, more with less from corporate 3 constant suck yes. Less about delivery and more about cutting, while at the same time engagement in wasteful spending like new offices 4 lol no, raises were frozen 5 less reasonable, people started quitting and only the immobile were soon left