The Phoenix That Never Was

We had lunch, we took photos, we hugged and we said our goodbyes. Today would be the last time the IT department people see each other.

As a strategic move, my company merged with our last remaining competitor. We got to keep our business unit while the other company got to keep their IT unit. Since there was no longer a need to continue development of our new product, there's no reason to keep those who were working on it.

Mergers and acquisitions - I have heard about it and studied about it. But to be in one is a different story. After months of working hard together on a project and suddenly knowing it will never live to see the day, it's tough to pretend everything's still the same especially after you had to bid your colleagues, your boss, boss' boss and boss' boss' boss farewell due to down-sizing

To the fallen heroes of the Phoenix Project, it has been both a pleasure and an honour working together.