Originally Posted by
thezipper
Before pulling the rabbit out of my hat, I'd suggest you sit down with the Managing Director of WP and talk to him as to what's coming up... he talked to a number of us at the Freddies last week. They are still hiring in many departments, working on new WP promo's, new partners, etc. until a formal merger agreement is reached. Until that time, NO ONE from either company can talk to each other, make plans for a new program, etc. WP is NOT cutting funds, staff or effort for their program. Business as usual will continue until the regulatory agencies give their ok, then I think you would be right in saying things will come to a halt, but not until...
Amazingly, you hear the same garbage from every manager and every CEO at every company that is considering a merger or sale or other business combination. I remember working for a company going through a merger. Everybody was distracted and there were several months where it seemed like every major decision was on hold.
My point is simply that, in periods of uncertainty such as a pending merger, companies tend to become conservative. It makes no sense to begin making major changes to a FF program when the merger may make every single one of those changes irrelevant.
If the managers are not taking a cautious approach at this time and working toward a future with the merger occupying a great deal of their minds, then they are neither human nor very good managers. If the Managing Director of WorldPerks is not spending most of his time thinking about a post-merger WP, then I would guess it is because he is too busy revising his resume. You can rest assured that someone at DL is thinking about the merger, and if NW isn't thinking about it, then they won't be bringing much to the table.