Analysis

July 13, 2021

How to support employees during mergers and acquisitions

Startup acquisitions can take a toll on employees who fear sudden change and job losses — but managers can help ease these concerns.


Stephen Weich (far left) and the Flaschenpost management team.

Maxime Legardez Coquin makes merging with another company sound like a walk in the park.

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Maxime Legardez Coquin, CEO of Sennder France.
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Flaschenpost was founded in the small German city of Münster in 2016. Now, it operates in 170 cities across Germany.
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Priya Shah, cofounder of SauceVideo says it's important to communicate to employees that the M&A process doesn't happen overnight.
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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