What are the tellers to know if your company is trying to sell? I feel like they’ve been cleaning up the books organizing everything, being as lean as we possibly can. We are owned by an equity firm. And we have been under them for 5 years now. Not sure if I should be ahead of the game and try to get out 😰 before it goes to shit

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A sudden shift of focus from top-line to bottom-line can be a signal that a company is preparing to either sell or go public, but in this economy a lot of companies are doing that just to avoid being over-leveraged with high interest rates.

But a real dead giveaway is hiring a temp to pretend to be a receptionist when they don’t actually need one. (Yes, I’ve seen that happen, and yes, they did sell a few months later. )

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Talk to your colleagues and manager.

lol my manager is the president…. So kinda hard. I’m kind of in a higher position in my company without the title. So I can’t talk to my peers as they may not been as in the loop with certain things.

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