When one company buys another company or two companies merge they always cut employes that their jobs are overlapping from one company to the other. To me this is expected.

They are preparing their self to become a large mobile phone company. No more PC.

Layback Bear said:

When one company buys another company or two companies merge they always cut employes that their jobs are overlapping from one company to the other. To me this is expected.

Exactly. I have worked for a number of companies that were acquired. The people that get laid off are generally from accounting, marketing, HR and areas like that. Rarely is there cuts from engineering unless there is a product that they wish to kill as it isn't profitable.

strollin said:

Layback Bear said:

When one company buys another company or two companies merge they always cut employes that their jobs are overlapping from one company to the other. To me this is expected.

Exactly. I have worked for a number of companies that were acquired. The people that get laid off are generally from accounting, marketing, HR and areas like that. Rarely is there cuts from engineering unless there is a product that they wish to kill as it isn't profitable.

Management usually also take huge hits. The company a friend of mine's worked for was taken over by a national chain. All of management, including himself (although he was one of the last to go), wound up on the street.

That's 18,000 over the Microsoft worldwide implentation....still a shock!

While this is harsh news I would hope that people affected had wind of it ahead of time and have a plan, resume prepared maybe a nest egg.