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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 03:58:27 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <1165395.IjrL33YEZb@schestowitz.com> <1151721408.673893.195640@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
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__/ [ Chirag Shukla ] on Saturday 01 July 2006 03:36 \__

> 
> 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 :-)."
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1983770,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
> 
> 214 -- hundreds??

That's right!

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