Revalize is a mongrel combination of several previously successful companies that on the surface may have seemed similar to investors, but behind the scenes, they were (and continue to be) incredibly different companies with different software, technologies, methodologies, experience, markets, cultures, and so on. They cut staff to the bone during the merger, including incredibly valuable employees with, in some cases, decades of experience that couldn't be taught, documented, or "transitioned" (their word, not mine) to survivors or newbies.
That was bad enough, but it seems they didn't consider that other highly talented and experienced people whom they were depending on to somehow make this crazy scheme work would also look for opportunities elsewhere. Almost overnight there was a massive hemorrhage of talent and experience with a relative handful of people (also highly skilled) left to try to keep it all together, picking up the responsibilities of all those who had left. Then Revalize started offering more pay and different responsibilities to those who stayed, trying to fill that vacuum. Maybe if they hadn't fired so many good people in the interest of saving money, they wouldn't need to try to retain talent by -- guess what -- offering more money, and sometimes even the same job titles, to those who remained to learn and perform the same duties as those they let go.
If this were a secretarial pool, temp agency, or unskilled labor, you'd just go hire more people, but this is a highly specialized conglomeration of individuals working on and with proprietary software. Good luck to those who remain behind. Those who involuntarily "transitioned" with a separation agreement are probably the lucky ones, but they're still losing talent who's finding out that there are TONS of opportunities out there that pay better and offer far better long-term stability.
The worst part? They continue to bring in more companies. What started out as five companies merging under the Revalize umbrella soon became 10, and now I've lost count of how many more they've added and plan to swallow up in the near future. It's management's explicitly stated goal to just keep buying and amalgamating more companies. It's like the world's most expensive game of CPQ Pokemon -- gotta catch 'em all! Good luck with that.
