CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
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Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday.
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
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That's good news, right?DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:30 pm Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday.
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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I think so...original stalking horse bid was a PE holding company, with a bid of $220 million. So in auction it went for a lot more.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:37 pmThat's good news, right?DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:30 pm Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday.
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
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Also, it's hopefully good that your company was sold as a company, as opposed to having its assets sold. It's easier to maintain continuity that way.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:39 pmI think so...original stalking horse bid was a PE holding company, with a bid of $220 million. So in auction it went for a lot more.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:37 pmThat's good news, right?DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:30 pm Looks like my company has a new corporate overlord...Chapter 11 auction was yesterday.
New owner is Bruker (https://www.bruker.com/en.html).
ETA: Sale Price was $392,555,000
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Yeah, being sold to a viable oprerating company is great, as opposed to a soulless, bloodsucking private equity buyer.
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Since I don’t really have anything else going on and I’ll probably never get the opportunity again I decided to apply for a post office job for the Antarctic summer (October to April) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and I passed the first round of vetting. So still many rounds to go but wish me luck I guess.
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Wow!brian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm Since I don’t really have anything else going on and I’ll probably never get the opportunity again I decided to apply for a post office job for the Antarctic summer (October to April) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and I passed the first round of vetting. So still many rounds to go but wish me luck I guess.
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So is this just to get some experience before you become an ice road trucker?
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Very much hoping the journalism major is keeping a notebook. At least I think Brian was journalism.
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You can make BSF a bit jealous by playing thisbrian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm Since I don’t really have anything else going on and I’ll probably never get the opportunity again I decided to apply for a post office job for the Antarctic summer (October to April) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and I passed the first round of vetting. So still many rounds to go but wish me luck I guess.
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Indeed. You're building quite the resume and life story!sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:17 pmWow!brian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:28 pm Since I don’t really have anything else going on and I’ll probably never get the opportunity again I decided to apply for a post office job for the Antarctic summer (October to April) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and I passed the first round of vetting. So still many rounds to go but wish me luck I guess.
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Had a buddy (marine biologist) that spent time down there. Knew the folk that were in the Herzog doc. He loved it.
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Holy crap, that's awesome.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Very cool, Brian!
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We had a company "Town Hall" this morning...it was weird watching our CEO talk about being out of a job next week. But my understanding is that he and the other Senior Leadership people that are getting bounced got healthy golden parachute payouts.
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That's friggin cool, man. (No pun intended)
When you're done there see if you can take a contractor gig doing something at Pituffik (formerly Thule) Air Base in Greenland.
When you're done there see if you can take a contractor gig doing something at Pituffik (formerly Thule) Air Base in Greenland.
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We've all been gifted a Pity FFick, right?
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