Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.org · 11 months agoMicrosoft to lay off 1900 people across Xbox and Activision Blizzardwww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
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minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoName a single merger in any industry that didn’t result in layoffs of at least 8% of the workforce.
minus-squareCharlesReed@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoYep, the moment this acquisition was in talks, you could see this coming from a mile away.
minus-squareMidnitte@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoIt’s literally the point, merging companies are a left join, not a full outer join. The entire point is to save money by removing overlap - anyone who doesn’t expect that has no idea how businesses operate.
Name a single merger in any industry that didn’t result in layoffs of at least 8% of the workforce.
Yep, the moment this acquisition was in talks, you could see this coming from a mile away.
It’s literally the point, merging companies are a left join, not a full outer join. The entire point is to save money by removing overlap - anyone who doesn’t expect that has no idea how businesses operate.