My assumption is employees are mostly out on holidays since the deal was known widely only on Christmas, and so they’re busy with their personal lives, quietly discussing this issue with trusted coworkers, and if there are serious problems, they are coordinating a lawsuit instead of saying something they shouldn’t in public.

You should be asking why no one has dispelled the criticisms of how employee equity is treated in this deal - neither Nvidia nor Groq’s founders nor regular employees. Lots of people have raised this concern. Should be simple to answer, right?

As for people with no skin in this deal “whining” - why wouldn’t people raise concerns? It’s a disturbing trend. These are highly unusual deals made to circumvent the law and break norms, on antitrust and employee compensation. They’re suspicious and prior examples have stolen from employees. So distrust and scrutiny by default is completely justified.

So your belief is that the FTC should not only have control over corporate acquisitions but also over where people work and what they can be paid, got it. We are all at will employees in tech and you and only you are responsible for where you choose to work. Most startups fail. This one didn't. Good on them.