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Ex-WMX and others brought out by Nuance - question about changes?

Posted: Mar 22, 2012

I was wondering did you all get to keep the same team leads, regions, and accounts? Also, what about QA people? If you are QA, do you have to test to be QA at Nuance even if you were/are already QA at your old company? What about trainers and recruiters, did they keep their jobs once bought out? Did you have the same supervisors? Just curious as to what to expect, never been through a buyout before. Thanks in advance for any and all answers!

So far I'm still with the same accounts but just lost a - very good account manager. Really,

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it's still too early to guess. My accounts need more people, so I don't expect to be transferred to others any time soon, but of course that sort of thing can happen any time. One company I worked at bought a company that serviced part of one of my accounts. That meant a lot of us were shifted around willy nilly pretty fast, with some let go.

The usual, though, is for little change at our level initially, then technical, rules, and pay changes as they're phased in, which can be profound. We're the worker ants who carry the food to service the hive, so few of us actually face being let go, and most are left on existing accounts. Supervisors and middle managers can get hit good with the change. For upper management, whatever happened mostly happened before the change was made public.

Answers - Webber

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Here are some answers to your questions:

Did you all get to keep the same team leads, regions, and accounts?

No. My manager was let go shortly before the acquistion was announced but after things were already in the works behind the scenes. I did not get to keep the same accounts. I have been on 4 different accounts since shortly before/after the acquisition. One of the accounts I was on was lost shortly after the acquisition. We didn't really have regions at WMX. We did have different teams, and I was switched between teams and accounts.

Also, what about QA people? If you are QA, do you have to test to be QA at Nuance even if you were/are already QA at your old company?

I don't know anything about what happened to the QA people other than that they were apparently kept waiting longer than we were to find out their new compensation plan with Nuance.

What about trainers and recruiters, did they keep their jobs once bought out?

I don't know anything about the trainers or recruiters. I do know some HR people lost their jobs after the acquisition.

Did you have the same supervisors?

No. My manager was replaced. Our operations manager remained the same, but there are different managers thrown into the mix.

They will probably tell you that nothing will change, but it will. It was a difficult process for us as there was not a lot of communication about what was happening and they waited until the last minute (Christmastime when the acquisition was announced in the summer) to have us fill out all new paperwork, insurance enrollment, etc., for everything to transition over the first of the year.

I hope it goes more smoothly for you.

Thank you both for responding - gives me a feel of what to expect.

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Thanks again.

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