Pros
It was a pleasure and best experience working with a brilliant group of people, working on leading edge projects. We had a strong team and was able to accomplish a lot even with having a small group and limited resources even having the leadership giving limited funding.
Cons
Upper management is not knowledgeable with the technology and market of the company they acquire, Apparently every acquired company are filled with leadership people personally close to Semtech's head even if their not experts on that technology space. Bottom line, the net effect is it turns a leading edge business to the least in their space. Very short term outlook and is not calibrated for the long haul. Forces employees to take the accrued vacations while management get's bonuses and project deadlines are not re-adjusted to required vacation forcing people to work on their vacation days.