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How to Properly Lay Off People During an Acquisition

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Strategy of the Deal - Why Are We Doing This Deal?

It really depends on the strategy of the acquisition. Why are we doing this deal? What are we hoping to get out of this deal? That then drives all of the decisions about who should be the leader of the new unit. Do we need a second HR staff or more HR staff than we had in the original company? Do we want to let them be standalone? Are we buying the IP and not the people? So we're really actually going to layoff almost everybody?"

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