I disagree. I think this is very typical. This is Google's largest acquisition and one of the the few that isn't a startup. When a company does an acquisition

I disagree. I think this is very typical. This is Google's largest acquisition and one of the the few that isn't a startup. When a company does an acquisition of this size there is bound to be numerous redundancies, specifically in the HR department. For another example consider EMC and RSA.