I used to work in HR for a mid-sized regional bank that was swallowed up by a large regional bank that was swallowed up by a really big freaking financial services organization. The mid-sized bank is actually the one who unleashed those kings of junk mail marketing, “what’s in your wallet”, folks on the world (sorry).
While the mid-sized bank was being swallowed up we referred to it as the Borg coming to town. I stayed for a little while in the Collective and then moved on.
Perhaps you have to have worked for a large regional bank and gone through upsizing, rightsizing or whatever it’s called these days to dig this clip, but it cracked me up and made me think if our Road Shows had been this cool, I may have been a good little Borg for longer.
My BIL, Liz’s bro and his wife were in the same mix. They met at NCNB (working in Hilton Head no less), then to the Balt/Wash area for Md National and Nations Bank, all now rolled into one big, happy family. At least until they’re sold again. Then maybe the Bank of “Rich Oil Barons of the Middle East”. The SIL is now in the Upper Crust of BOA and she’s a real name dropper. I’ll bet we get to hear all about the guy in that video. She was probably there.