Presumably you could cut huge swaths of management, particularly in the upper levels, when you perform a merger. Trouble is, it is usually conserved to middle- and low ranking employees, and more often than not, to the operational side of things where it's the last thing you need. Then after a not-so-very-long time, the management ranks will have swelled again, upper management will award themselves colossal bonuses for completing the merger, and the worker bees will be told to work harder for less. That's you guys, up the sharp end of the ship, in case you wasn't sure.
That's in the 'normal' world; add a large dollop of Arabness into the mix and may the lord have mercy on you all.