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The FTC isn’t happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs (www.polygon.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Who could have possibly predicted this outcome!?

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    • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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!

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    • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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    • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

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

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Maybe they’ll shake up the customer care which treats players like shit.

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