Re:Splunk to Cut Workforce by 7% After Cisco Deal
by argiopetech on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:22AM
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Three fold:
- People forget and circumstances change. Signed documents don't.
Re:Splunk to Cut Workforce by 7% After Cisco Deal
by chii on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:46AM
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Exactly. Get all promises in writing (ala, a contract of sorts). The company certainly would when they get a promise out of you.
Re:Splunk to Cut Workforce by 7% After Cisco Deal
by morgango on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:18PM
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Yea, I think more often it is the second point more than the first one. You would be surprised how often makes leaders into liars. Honestly, I would bet that the VP probably had assurances from his leadership that what he was telling you was true.
Sorry to hear that happened, that sucks.
The real lesson to learn here is twofold:
- People recruiting / hiring are incentivized to say whatever is needed to close the deal. With the exception of a bold faced lie (I don't think this was that).
- People at the company being acquired are more often than not going to lose most of their power. Including the C-suite. No one is safe and as an employee/victim you won't know the actual arrangements of the deal until the dust settles.