&quot;you can generally take that team and throw them at a problem with a reasonable expectation they&#x27;ll accomplish something&quot;<p>For about 6 months to a year, after which time most of them have left, or have gone into &quot;waiting for the golden handcuffs to come off&quot; zombie-worker mode on a project they have no inherent interest in.<p>Totally anecdotal but the couple of acquihires I&#x27;ve seen from the inside have gone like this and it seems to be the natural state of them based on what I&#x27;ve heard second-hand from others.