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In my own limited experience, as well as what I've heard elsewhere, yes. I've never really gotten a good answer as to why, so my guess is that some M&A playbook somewhere says that giving people less time will make them less likely to try and negotiate.

I have a feeling this is more common when a big company buys a small one, and/or when it's not an explicit talent acquisition.




They can also piggyback and associate themselves on Draw Something's success, and promote it amongst their own users - which they may have seen their some of their userbase switching over to Draw Something, a game they didn't own or control. What's the value of losing that mindshare? I guess potentially $200+ million.




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