PF did not value the primarily black staff or culture at AC. They wanted to erase those stories. It was very strange. They were just blind to it.
It became obvs to me that the PF employees were scared of *their* higher ups who had poor communication skills. Unfortunately, that behavior manifested itself as the most poorly organized corporate merger I have ever had the misfortune to experience. These people were not nice. They were two-faced and enjoyed power plays. They'd cut you down in front of others without blinking. They couldn't wrap their minds around how AC worked. We had small teams and limited resources, but we just got stuff done. The school was profitable and being run by executives and staff who really did want to keep building a good thing. It was just awful. AC was not perfect, but the staff was pretty happy and enjoyed working together. Such a rare environment. PF destroyed it very quickly.
PF dragged us into endless meetings that accomplished nothing. They didn't understand our workloads and division of labor so, instead of helping us keep doing what we were doing and better manage our processes, they treated everybody like idiots. Then they laid off everyone with any tenure (people with decades of experience at AC) and then were surprised that the rest of the staff didn't have any guidance on how/what/when to do particular tasks. PF managers were too young, too inexperienced, and too selfish to be given the task of this merger.