Why do mergers scare employees?

What is about this that gets employees nervous? It seems to have really bad effect on a company's morale - esp. if there's been lots of layoffs

A2016-06-29T10:26:17Z

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When two companies merge they usually each have their own accounting, purchasing, marketing departments, most mergers combine these functions and instead of each firm having 4 accounting people, the new company has 5 in a central location,

Kini2016-06-29T10:21:25Z

There is usually a layoff and a change in how your job is done.