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Re: The Great Exodus of Microsoft?s Talent

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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 18 August 2009 23:50 : \____

> After takin' a swig o' grog, nessuno belched out
>   this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>> <Quote>
>> ?Did I mention to you that after the layoffs, people have been
>> resigning right and left? Always the same story, going to do something
>> else, not sure what, but something else. Two weeks notice, see ya.
>> I?ll be doing the same tomorrow morning along with a friend who?s
>> quitting for the same reasons. In fact, he?s been frustrated longer
>> than me, probably because I was blaming myself and not the real
>> problem of the toxic work environment.
>>
>> ?We can?t figure out: how can you make a great product with shifty
>> tools, and how can you make great, or even acceptable, tools on top of
>> a shifty platform? You can?t ratchet up the quality, certainly not
>> when you haven?t been allotted sufficient time to do so. You can only
>> try to prevent the quality of everything from dropping further into
>> mediocrity.?
>> </Quote>
>>
>>
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/08/18/letters-from-microsoft-an-employee-tosses-his-zune/
> 
> Sounds like Microsoft's deliberate churn (to keep the competition
> "off-balance") is biting them in their own behinds.

Watch some Microsoft blogs to see how their morale sank.

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