They overpaid for lots of stuff. Emblematic: I was eavesdropping on a conversation betw a XTO field guy & tax person couple yrs ago. His income pre-XTO acquisition was $95k. After $160k. Didn’t sound like he had more than high school education and I guarantee that people doing the same work in same place but for small independents were making << $100k
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