Just too numerous to actually mention or document. Let's tell a parable. Once upon a time there were two companies; one in Denver (Accuvant) and one in Kansas City (FishNet). A few years ago, the powers that be at the Kansas City Company decided to "BUY" the company in Denver. Well, this didn't work out too well, and the evil ogres at the Denver Company never, ever got over it. They were angry that the self-righteous Kansas City Company would DARE to try and buy them... SO - now - let's FLASH-FORWARD to last year - all of a sudden an Evil Empire, oh let's just call it BlackStone for the sake of this parable - anyway, an Evil Empire run by the Sith Lords came upon the Denver company and decided to DEVOUR them.. Once they had DEVOURED the Denver Company, the Sith Lords decided to LISTEN to the Dragon and Beast Masters at the Denver Company. The Dragon and Beast Masters at the Denver Company told the Sith Lords about this petulant company in KC that had tried to DEVOUR them. The Sith Lords, having realized the Denver Dragon and Beast Masters and their serfs were all people, decided to investigate the KC Company. Lo, and behold, they found out the people at the KC company indeed had brain cells with actual blood pumping through them unlike the people at the Denver company. So the Sith Lords made a magic brew and convinced the smart people at the KC Company that they could be part of a GRAND EXPERIMENT - A MERGE if you will - a new, shiny company with lots of slick marketing, big talk, and foolishness... The Sith Lords of BlackStone also decided to get rid of the majority of leaders at the KC Company - it's always harder to convince smart people you know what you're doing than it is morons... SO, lo and behold, the Sith Lords MERGED the two companies in six days - and on the seventh day - the Sith Lords saw that IT WAS GOOD... Unfortunately - it WAS and IS bad... END-OF-PARABLE
Basically, BlackStone purchased Accuvant, then sucked up FishNet, and since FishNet had once tried (and failed) to buy Accuvant, placing the Accuvant CEO in charge was just good ol’ fashioned ENVY. His leadership is a complete FAIL. BlackStone has cut costs to the bone in all people-related areas. First, they got rid of all the smart folks at FishNet - the remaining smart folks (I'd like to hope I'm one) are jumping like rats from a sinking ship. Our medical benefits are the worst I have ever had as an employee - in my entire life - they stopped matching the 401K at the same higher level FishNet did, they restructured pay and bonus to ensure everyone who was getting too much now gets a lot less. They denied all the FishNet people (myself included) hundreds and hundreds of hours of PTO - and disguised it as a NEW PROGRAM that is NICE and FLUFFY and FUN!!! This company is a complete disaster, and anyone who hangs around deserves what they get. I have been looking to leave for months now. We may be called Optiv, but our mentality is PURE Accuvant. All ex-Accuvant people act superior and have a "WE WON" attitude. All of us remaining FishNet people are still trying to figure out what happened to our great company. STAY AWAY
