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Most of the time this means a company bought another in order to decrease competition or to enter a new market. In both cases they are planning to reduce staff and other costs. Sometimes this is due to redundancy, like only needing half the HR staff. More commonly it's because those in charge need to ensure "the numbers" are good for the first few years so they don't get blamed for a loss of profit.
Also, always remember that worsening working conditions are often just constructive dismissal. The new boss that seems bad, the worse commute, the worse responsibilities? While those can just be the way the new overlords do tgings, it can also be a way to get you to quit so they don't have to pay unemployment.