I can kind of understand both sides. Company I used to work for bought up a small company to expand their product portfolio. I don't know the details, but the acquired company was never really happy with their new life and 2-3 years later almost everybody from that acquisition had left (and taken some of their new colleagues with them) and there was no one left in the company that could really continue the work they'd been doing. Basically 3-4 years later it was as if the acquisition had never taken place