Double-Take Software – “Company was just acquired, so you should expect a culture change.”

Pros

Leading technology in their industry, and a strong customer base that really loves the product. It was a fairly employee-friendly company, relatively little bureaucratic hoop-jumping. The culture was more conservative than a start-up (no dogs or skateboards in the office), but still fundamentally a cool software company. The VP of Development is one of the original founders.

Cons

They just go acquired by a much more conservative company, and several of the old offices were closed, and many of the long-term employees were laid-off. I think you have to assume that the culture will change to a more conservative one.

Advice to Senior Management

Double-Take's recent challenge was that it was not responding to the market trends well enough. If the new management slows down innovation in pursuit of short-term cash flow, they will probably loose this market.