Beyond the Acquisition: Embracing New Beginnings with Fiona Malone

Yael Shur Shmueli, Amdocs Head of HR Strategy and Technology Units, talks to Fiona Malone, Amdocs Network Business Operations Project Manager, about embracing new beginnings after an acquisition.  Join them as Fiona shares her unique career journey, organization change and the opportunities and challenges that go with it.

Key Takeaways:

Career life after a merger

There are significant unknowns, with positives and challenges to being acquired by another, larger organization.  While change involves a significant learning curve, this can be viewed as an opportunity.

Embracing new beginnings and the positives

Fiona unpacks the opportunities of moving to Amdocs, a multicultural organization with global reach.There is increased interaction with colleagues all over the globe.Amdocs is people and environment centric, with a significant focus and investment on wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, CSO and volunteering. Greater internal movement possibilities and improved benefits, competitive compensation plans, learning and development and employee share purchase schemes.

The challenges of transitioning into new ways of working

Coming from a smaller company and moving into an organization of 28000 people, can feel slower and less agile.  This shift entails establishing new people networks very quickly and working relationships, understanding who’s who and who does what, and learning new platforms and new processes.

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This podcast is produced by Quill.