Re:Adafruit interviews Siemens re SupplyFrame, the future of...
by duskwuff on Friday June 18, 2021 @11:17PM
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But you'd think that, if Siemens didn't want to comment as a blanket policy, they wouldn't have agreed to an interview at all.
I get more of a feeling that Siemens expected some fluffy, soft-ball questions from Adafruit, and got caught off guard.
Re:Adafruit interviews Siemens re SupplyFrame, the future of...
by djmips on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:24AM
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Strong disagree. These things don't happen overnight and they understand and have plenty of time to prepare to answer questions while it's newsworthy. They should have answers. The fact that they don't is noteworthy.
Re:Adafruit interviews Siemens re SupplyFrame, the future of...
by AshamedCaptain on Saturday June 19, 2021 @08:31AM
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In my experience, these things do happen overnight and with minimal time for anyone to prepare. They spend more time when interviewing for hiring a single human than when buying a company of millions.
Re:Adafruit interviews Siemens re SupplyFrame, the future of...
by Havoc on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:59PM
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>have plenty of time to prepare to answer questions
It's not a case of time or preparation. You don't show your hand in the middle of a negotiation. Certainly not for something as trivial as an interview
If it’s still a “planned acquisition” you can bet your ass nobody is going to say anything substantial about real plans, synergies, changes or well anything really.
Of course you’re gonna get a bunch of PR bullshit and “no comments”. The other comments here interpreting this as Siemens not knowing what they’re doing / it being a warning sign misses the mark.