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I wish mergers were not possible. I feel like the merger/acquisition thing has gone way to far to make behemonth corporations that help no one but the rich.
by vouaobrasil 2y ago
I wish mergers were not possible. I feel like the merger/acquisition thing has gone way to far to make behemonth corporations that help no one but the rich.
- skeeter2020 2y agoECONOMIES OF SCALE!!! SYNERGY!!! Just going through one right now; can't tell if the sickly sweet, positive executive speak is an act or they honestly believe it.
- moregrist 2y agoI have heard, albeit third hand or so, that M&A people (lawyers, investment bankers, and probably a fair percentage of C-suite execs) are fairly cynical about most mergers: synergies are often overstated and take years to materialize if they ever do. But those sweet M&A fees and that sweet M&A bonus money is definitely real.
- lupire 2y agoAre you similarly opposed to hiring employees? What's the difference?
- vouaobrasil 2y agoYes, I am opposed to it past a certain point. A company should not be able to grow beyond a certain size.
- bruce511 2y agoAnecdotes are not data, and we are (most definitely) not a behemoth, but here is my experience. A) we acquired a small (2 person) company for the people. Basically paid of their debt and they became employees. They gad experience in our domain space. B) we acquired our distributer. We make product (hardware and software) and our (exclusive national) distributer went onto the market. We made an offer. We subsumed twice as many staff, and three times the offices. Fast forward a decade later and the (combined) business has grown a lot, customers are better served, and there is more continuity from "farm to table". So, from my perspective, your proposal to ban acquisitions seems to be painting with a very broad brush. Equally, at the macro scale, there are regulatory controls in place. The recent denial of the T-mobile merger being a case in point.