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Old 24-01-2009, 11:11 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Steve Ballmer writes layoff email to employees

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Originally Posted by Hitboxx View Post
Damn, always a tough break in such situations. Have to make yourself heartless while thinking about the subject of such sort. I hope I will never be in such a situation in my life where I have to decide for another family.

What I want to know is, why is Microsoft in such a situation. Dell, At&T, IBM, I can udnerstand but why a corporation like MS. They can run them at minimum wage if they want to, so why the layoffs.
Actually from what is surfacing slowly is that MSFT will be hiring 3k people more, which essentially means that the layoff would be lesser. Though I don't think MSFT needed to fire people 'coz they are not having any cash crunch of any sort but I guess they have good reasons.

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Originally Posted by infra_red_dude View Post
The only reason is ~!@#$%%^ Ballmer himself. Kick him out and see the magic! He's probably the worst head of any company, ever!
Honestly, I disagree. He isn't as stupid as his antics make him look.
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