The FTC isn’t happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs::The Federal Trade Commission is still looking to reverse Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now, it’s telling on Microsoft after massive layoffs.

  • kewjo
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    1 year ago

    Microsoft lawyer Rakesh Kilaru wrote that Microsoft was already considering layoffs before the merger.

    Corporate gaslighting at it’s finest. we planned to layoff ~1000 employees from the company we were acquiring before we agreed not to do that!

  • TheDarkKnight
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    1 year ago

    I bet Satya is gonna get a stern letter and have to promise not to do it again!

    • ripcord
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      1 year ago

      Maybe the first part. Not the second part.

  • externelly
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    1 year ago

    It’s not too late to do your job, FTC

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      1 year ago

      FTC is doing its job and has been fighting this from the beginning. Need the courts to do their job and side with the FTC.

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    1 year ago

    In other news: The FTC won’t do Jack shit about it.