We've Been Acquired

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Helpful tips for employees, managers, and senior leaders going through change at work, especially a merger or acquisition. M&A is messy, don’t let it break your career…. or you!

  1. 2d ago

    Your Value As a Professional

    When a merger or acquisition threatens your job, it doesn't just threaten your bank account. For a very specific group of people, it feels like an existential threat to their actual right to exist. I’m talking to the perfectionists. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  2. 6d ago

    Book Recommendation - Grief Recovery Handbook

    In the corporate world, we use clinical terms like "synergy," "restructuring," and "redundancies." But what you are actually experiencing during a major acquisition is grief. The Grief Recovery Handbook teaches us that grief is the conflicting feeling caused by the end of, or change in, a familiar pattern of behavior. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  3. Aug 10

    M&A Kills Promotions

    It is one of the most agonizing, frustrating bait-and-switches in corporate life. You did everything right. You put in the extra hours, you hit your KPIs, and you had the explicit, verbal backing of your manager. You were told, "Next quarter, that new title and that raise are yours." You were practically at the finish line, ready to step into a new chapter of your career. And then, the acquisition announcement drops. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  4. Aug 6

    Posting Layoff Messages on LinkedIn

    The severance agreement is signed, your corporate laptop is locked, and you are officially on the outside looking in. Naturally, your next stop is LinkedIn. You open the app, and your feed is flooded with those boilerplate "Open to Work" announcements. You know the ones: the green photo frame, the long paragraph thanking the company for an "incredible journey," and a tag list of fifty coworkers. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  5. Aug 3

    When Your Manager Leaves

    It’s a text message or a sudden morning announcement that makes your stomach drop: your manager—the person who hired you, mentored you, and shielded you from corporate politics—is leaving the company. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  6. Jul 30

    Inverse Survivor's Guilt - When You Get Laid Off

    We need to talk about a very strange, deeply unsettling psychological twist that happens during a corporate acquisition. We’ve talked about survivor's guilt from the perspective of the person who kept their job. But what happens when you’re the one who got handed the cardboard box, ushered out the door, and given your severance package... and yet, you’re the one feeling guilty? Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  7. Jul 27

    Survivor's Guilt

    The calendar invite for the emergency morning meeting vanished, the Slack icons for half your team suddenly went grey, and the text messages started pouring in. The axe finally swung. But as the dust settles on a brutal round of corporate restructuring, you realize something jarring: you are still here. Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

  8. Jul 23

    When Your Company Doesn't Provide Maslow's Two Foundational Commitments

    In our last look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, we talked about how a corporate merger instantly drops you down the psychological pyramid. Today, we need to talk about the worst-case scenario: what happens when the company actively strips away the bottom two tiers entirely? Visit www.wevebeenacquired.com for more resources.

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Helpful tips for employees, managers, and senior leaders going through change at work, especially a merger or acquisition. M&A is messy, don’t let it break your career…. or you!

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  • Creator
    Alex Edith
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
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