M&A and culture challenges

It was all about the tie.
Big Acquisitions Can Fall Apart Over Tiny Details
“Each day, we would eagerly await the arrival of the employees to see if any more had decided to join our movement by turning up to work with a tie.”

It’s interesting to read about employees feeling that, “our American owners who think they can come in and bully us with their ‘culture.'”

It’s also useful to reflect further on the widely-made assertion that, “For many of us, our identity is in large part determined by our profession and our employer.”

Yet I’m left wondering: We’re the women wearing ties, too?

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