Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft Lays Off 214 in U.S. Sales
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> | In 2004, Microsoft laid off 76 people in the Xbox unit. In 2003, the
> | company cut more than 150 Microsoft Consulting Services employees from
> | the payroll.
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> | [...]
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> | Posters on the Mini-Microsoft site had their own theories.
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> | "RIFs in this company do not and will not happen company wide," said
> | one anonymous poster on Mini-Microsoft. "They will happen on a group by
> | group basis. For those of you in underperforming groups that are
> | incapable of shipping a decent product, be worried. For those of you in
> | bloated groups that actually ship, you're probably safe. For those of
> | you in lean, mean groups that ship products regularly and frequently, I
> | would love to work for Google too :-)."
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If MS closed every department incapable of shipping a decent product there
wouldn't be a lot left.
Maybe the job cutting is in preparation for the EU fines coming up - they
have to keep their profit levels somehow.
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