I left public accounting 6 months ago for a Senior Accountant role, and my company was just acquired. The deal is supposed to finalize shortly and I’m wondering how I should proceed. I haven’t heard anything regarding the acquiring company’s plans for our workforce, location, etc so I’m not sure whether I’ll be retained. Do I reach out to recruiters and start job hunting now, or wait and see how things play out? I don’t know how much notice I’ll get and I’d prefer to avoid an employment gap.

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Start looking now. You don’t want to be surprised

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@SA1 - that sounds amazing. Hopefully I have a similar transition

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Job market is not good so you should start looking. G&A usually is consolidated. New hires are the first group to go. Do not trust recruiters.

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Think about it this way: those people on your team now are likely to become your competitors in the job market. Get ahead of them now. That I never I’ve bonus won’t matter if you end up being pushed out when the job market is poor.

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I appreciate all the replies, I’ll start the search now. One additional factor that I probably should’ve shared is that I was granted options when I started and those options vest immediately upon the finalization of the acquisition, so I feel like I’d want to stay through that date (which is still TBD due to approvals and compliance type tasks).

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