Pros
Good working environment in Lincoln. Technical middle-management.
Cons
We lost significant benefits and bonuses in the acquisition and in return we mostly have buzzwords and new layers of management...plus the hollow promise of Stock Options. The review that mentioned the lack of reinvestment in product is spot on. Human resources are the most valuable asset of any software company, but not when Finance runs the show. Investors are a way for a company to raise capital to grow their business. Upland raised capital to create a financial asset. We got acquired, we got an IPO, but we never saw the additional investment in product. Now their mission is to grow the stock price, while investing as little as possible in product because that is what venture capitalist do. Employee benefits are just another expense that takes away from the investor's bottom line. This is what happens when the vampire squids of investment capital run a software company. The absence of a passionate founder in each of the products means no checks and balances to the MBA's and a soul-less product. Venture capitalist do not create wealth, employees with passion, drive and vision do. The capitalist just find ways to monetize the passion. If you remove passion from the equation, you are left with soul-less vampire squids who call themselves entrepreneurs.
