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Re: Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of Employees

  • Subject: Re: Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of Employees
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:06:39 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Saturday 01 July 2006 15:18 \__

> 
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Saturday 01 July 2006 14:07 \__
>>
>> >
>> > wei hung lo wrote:
>> >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> >> > Microsoft Lays Off 214 in U.S. Sales
>> >> >
>> >> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> >> > | 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.
>> >> > |
>> >> > | [...]
>> >> > |
>> >> > | Posters on the Mini-Microsoft site had their own theories.
>> >> > |
>> >> > | "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 :-)."
>> >> > `----
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Msft have over 61000 full time employees. They lay off 214. That only
>> >> 0.3%.
>> >>
>> >> Why you be such a FUDing troll all the time?
>>
>>
>> Eat sh*t and die, Gary (flatfish in another disguise).
> 
> Get back to work and get some more news, trollboy.

Apology in other thread accepted, mate. (a misunderstanding)

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