Microsoft’s recent layoffs contradict what the company promised of its merger, the FTC says.

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Microsoft’s recent layoffs contradict what the company promised of its merger, the FTC says.
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God I wish. How likely do we think that's gonna happen though?

I'll legit eat a shoe if anything actually happens. Those jobs are gone and those people were just tossed aside like a used candy wrapper.

I wish a company wouldn't be allowed to do any layoffs or mass firings for a period of three years post merge and require 1 year severance after that, to all employees at that company, not just those affected by the merge.

Fine, but I'm giving you crocs to eat. Used ones. Kill two birds with one stone.

Basically not unless /another/ anti-trust lawsuit is brought against them, and also somehow Teddy Roosevelt time warps into exactly Biden's location, explodes him Dr. Manhattan style inside out, immediately asks for a fitting suit, signature glasses, and this somehow stuns everyone into just letting him be President for the rest of Biden's term.

Pretty sure they will only rack up a penalty for it. That said, they could make it sting though, that would also increase FTC's power.

Penalty? Don't you mean just another cost of doing business?

Force a fine and three years severance to the affected employees.

Make the fine the last 10 years of activision/blizzard gross profits.

Make the fuckers bleed.