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Microsoft cutbacks spreading to bigger population of contractors
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| Microsoft's cutbacks are starting to spread to the larger group of
| contractors who work on projects for the company through outside vendors --
| commonly known as "v-dash" workers. It's not clear how widespread the cuts
| will be, but some Microsoft vendors have been contacted by internal teams
| about cutting the budgets for projects currently under way by as much as 15
| to 20 percent.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_cutbacks_spreading_to_bigger_population_of_contractors_40794047.html
Microsoft is dying pretty fast. No-one will miss this criminal organisation.
Where's Phil? Microsoft temp protest may be losing steam
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| I stopped by the main entrance to the Microsoft campus Wednesday evening
| hoping to catch up with Phil Palios, the Microsoft contract worker who
| organized the protest of the pay cuts affecting company's temporary
| workforce. Palios had said he planned to stand vigil at the site every
| evening for two weeks. But the corner was empty.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Wheres_Phil_Protest_by_Microsoft_contractors_may_be_losing_steam_40792017.html
Recent:
Microsoft Flight Sim grounded by redundancies
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| On the Venturebeat blog, Dean Takahashi notes "In the past year or so,
| Microsoft has shut down or divested itself of a lot of its hit-making
| studios. It recently decided to close Ensemble Studios, maker of the Age of
| Empires strategy games, and spun out Bungie, the maker of Halo games."
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http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/microsoft-flight-sim-grounded-redundancies-44838
Ensemble alums assemble Robot Entertainment
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| Shortly after the announced the move, Age of Empires creator Bruce Shelley
| took to his blog to explain Microsoft's financially motivated rationale for
| closing Ensemble. As part of his post, he revealed that a portion of
| Ensemble's leadership team had plans to set up a new development outfit,
| headed up by current studio chief and founder Tony Goodman.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6204689.html
Microsoft's Razorfish Cuts Another 70 (MSFT)
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| Fresh layoffs at Microsoft-owned (MSFT) ad agency Razorfish, with 70
| employees being let go (4% of the workforce) in Seattle, Portland, San Fran,
| and LA. That follows thousands of layoffs at Microsoft generally, and 40
| positions cut from Razorfish in New York in November.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/2/microsofts-razorfish-cuts-another-70-msft
Microsoft should have made deeper cuts, analysts contend
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| The unprecedented layoffs and other cutbacks announced yesterday by Microsoft
| haven't appeased Wall Street. Microsoft shares are down more than 6 percent
| since the news came out, and some analysts assert that the company needed to
| go much further.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_should_have_made_deeper_cuts_analysts_contend38239219.html
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