CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette

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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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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
That's good news, right?
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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Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:37 pm
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
That's good news, right?
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.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:39 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:37 pm
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
That's good news, right?
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.
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.
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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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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That's awesome.
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So is this just to get some experience before you become an ice road trucker?

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wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:10 am So is this just to get some experience before you become an ice road trucker?

There is a book in Brian's professional journey.
Very much hoping the journalism major is keeping a notebook. At least I think Brian was journalism.
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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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sancarlos wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:17 pm
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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Good luck man
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sancarlos wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:58 pm Yeah, being sold to a viable oprerating company is great, as opposed to a soulless, bloodsucking private equity buyer.
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.
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Johnnie wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:14 pm 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.
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