The company I work for has been bough out by private equity and then dismantled to be sold in parts. Last week a good part of employees have been laid off, and the rest of us transferred to one of the successor companies. Nobody's complaining, those laid off got compensated really really well.

But there has been a lot of talking how everyone feels, many people reminiscing about the "good old days" saying how it all went to shit after we were acquired.

And I'm just listening thinking how we finally have the same opinion about the company that I had since the very start. I absolutely hated the place but couldn't leave due to other circumstances in life. And now after a good few years I'm finally bonding with my (now former) coworkers during their last days. Weird feeling