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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:03 PM Original message |
Microsoft lays off 3,000 employees |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Et Tu, Brutus? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Companies should cut lots of inefficiencies... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. I've suggested |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sigh. |
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Azlady (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. just sick... just sick... n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Any word on how many of those laid off were H-1B visa holders? (eom) |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I got a good guess! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I have a friend that worked for them.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Why am I not surprised to hear that? |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Heaven forbid MicroScrooge keep U.S. citizens employed |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Damn, now we'll have folks from Seattle coming down to grab jobs here in Portland too... |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. If Microsoft needs to cut out some fat.... |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. He makes me sick...... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. "Give it up!!!!" (grunting) "For meeeeeeee!" (panting) |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Steve Ballmer Egged in Hungary! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Now THAT is "Hungarian Notation" |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Now there's an idea! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Looks like he should be breaking into a Frankensteinian version of "Puttin' On the Ritz". |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Microsoft is in the import/export business... |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Microsoft had an established pattern of using temps |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's not immigrants' fault that Microsoft laid off workers |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The fault lies with greedy-ass U.S. Corporations. n/t |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And I'm glad jelly tastes good... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. That was fun ... |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Even if they displace skilled American workers? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Not when millions of skilled |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. no, it's not the immigrant's fault. it's microsoft's fault for playing one group of workers against |
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BBG (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Commutes have been easier lately... |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not looking too promising for Microsoft |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Wouldn't Linux with XP running in a VM give you even more?!?! |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. welcome news, I despise M. for pushing its worthless upgrades |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. They weren't laid off. They are being replaced by visa workers who will write horrible code. (nt) |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No change there (about horrible code). |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. Don't these clowns have like 20B in cash reserves? |
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