Microsoft to lay off 15,000 (17% of work force)

[patientrenter]

It sounds like outsourcing has been a mixed bag.

Just to add some balance to the comments trashing outsourcing: The two companies I’ve worked for recently have used Indian programmers on a small scale and have been pleasantly surprised at the good quality and rapid learning. In the long run, more is planned, but in the current environment they will be amongst the first to suffer if expenses need to be reduced. (I work in the first purely private-sector industry to use computers on a large scale, so I suspect what we do is a leading indicator outside the software industry itself.)

[wannabe2077]

I have worked for Microsoft as a contractor. At a certain level they are a well run company. Some of their products suck. Their best days are behind them. They will evolve like IBM.

IBM is hardily a dinasour. It is an average technology company with steady stream of revenues in software, services and semiconductors. It is a ghost of its past.

[wannabe2077]

I have worked for Microsoft as a contractor. At a certain level they are a well run company. Some of their products suck. Their best days are behind them. They will evolve like IBM.

IBM is hardily a dinasour. It is an average technology company with steady stream of revenues in software, services and semiconductors. It is a ghost of its past.

[wannabe2077]

I have worked for Microsoft as a contractor. At a certain level they are a well run company. Some of their products suck. Their best days are behind them. They will evolve like IBM.

IBM is hardily a dinasour. It is an average technology company with steady stream of revenues in software, services and semiconductors. It is a ghost of its past.

[wannabe2077]

I have worked for Microsoft as a contractor. At a certain level they are a well run company. Some of their products suck. Their best days are behind them. They will evolve like IBM.

IBM is hardily a dinasour. It is an average technology company with steady stream of revenues in software, services and semiconductors. It is a ghost of its past.

[wannabe2077]

I have worked for Microsoft as a contractor. At a certain level they are a well run company. Some of their products suck. Their best days are behind them. They will evolve like IBM.

IBM is hardily a dinasour. It is an average technology company with steady stream of revenues in software, services and semiconductors. It is a ghost of its past.

[wannabe2077]

India has a large population with some smart people. Too many companies moved their operations to India too fast creating a shortage of skilled workers in India. That is a short sweet explanation for uneven results of work in India.

[wannabe2077]

India has a large population with some smart people. Too many companies moved their operations to India too fast creating a shortage of skilled workers in India. That is a short sweet explanation for uneven results of work in India.

[wannabe2077]

India has a large population with some smart people. Too many companies moved their operations to India too fast creating a shortage of skilled workers in India. That is a short sweet explanation for uneven results of work in India.

[wannabe2077]

India has a large population with some smart people. Too many companies moved their operations to India too fast creating a shortage of skilled workers in India. That is a short sweet explanation for uneven results of work in India.

[wannabe2077]

India has a large population with some smart people. Too many companies moved their operations to India too fast creating a shortage of skilled workers in India. That is a short sweet explanation for uneven results of work in India.

[stockstradr]

I believe this “rumor” could be for real. Scary and signs of things to come in 2009.

At least MS has the class to wait until AFTER the holidays, unlike companies like Motorola which gave ALL its employees a nasty pre-Christmas 17-Dec letter (horrible timing) where they halted all raises/cost-of-living increases, suspended all company matching contributions to the Motorola 401(k) Plan, and permanently FROZE all future pension plan benefit accruals, and rather intimated at future layoffs to come. That’s a nice Merry Christmas.

[stockstradr]

I believe this “rumor” could be for real. Scary and signs of things to come in 2009.

At least MS has the class to wait until AFTER the holidays, unlike companies like Motorola which gave ALL its employees a nasty pre-Christmas 17-Dec letter (horrible timing) where they halted all raises/cost-of-living increases, suspended all company matching contributions to the Motorola 401(k) Plan, and permanently FROZE all future pension plan benefit accruals, and rather intimated at future layoffs to come. That’s a nice Merry Christmas.

[stockstradr]

I believe this “rumor” could be for real. Scary and signs of things to come in 2009.

At least MS has the class to wait until AFTER the holidays, unlike companies like Motorola which gave ALL its employees a nasty pre-Christmas 17-Dec letter (horrible timing) where they halted all raises/cost-of-living increases, suspended all company matching contributions to the Motorola 401(k) Plan, and permanently FROZE all future pension plan benefit accruals, and rather intimated at future layoffs to come. That’s a nice Merry Christmas.

[stockstradr]

I believe this “rumor” could be for real. Scary and signs of things to come in 2009.

At least MS has the class to wait until AFTER the holidays, unlike companies like Motorola which gave ALL its employees a nasty pre-Christmas 17-Dec letter (horrible timing) where they halted all raises/cost-of-living increases, suspended all company matching contributions to the Motorola 401(k) Plan, and permanently FROZE all future pension plan benefit accruals, and rather intimated at future layoffs to come. That’s a nice Merry Christmas.

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