Microsoft to layoff 12,000 employees! (Harry Reid, Reid, cost, Austin)

[Chaffeetrekker]

Originally Posted by 30to66at55

Probably because those hard working workers are not needed and there is no work for them. Are they suppose to be paid for sitting around?

Hopefully, they will stop coming out with a new operating system every other year.....Windows 8 sucks.....

[steven_h]

Originally Posted by alphamale

FALSE!

The economy is booming!

Look at the stock market.

Was that sarcasm?

Equities are doing good because of massive injections of fiat currency. The stock market isn't even close to being the main indicator of economic health.

AS for the premise of this thread; Microsoft is in the top 5 paying companies with their average employee earning something in the neighborhood of $150k a year. If they're laying off their older employees they'll most likely get a golden parachute. Consider Microsoft has created 12,000 millionaires. I'd say they've done their economic duty quite well.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Chaffeetrekker

Hopefully, they will stop coming out with a new operating system every other year.....Windows 8 sucks.....

You are not bound by one operating system.
There's Apple and there's Linux.

Apple may charge more for the hardware but you are not nickeled and dimed to death on software.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

Let's wait and see how the media covers this in comparison to when Mitt Romney's company bought and consolidated companies.

Uh... Mitt Romney ran for President. Slight difference there.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

You are not bound by one operating system.
There's Apple and there's Linux.

Apple may charge more for the hardware but you are not nickeled and dimed to death on software.

Harrier is his own operating system and browser.

[Emanon13]

And meanwhile Bill Gates is in DC lobbing congress for more H1B visa's, because of the perceived lack of skilled workers.

What he really means is a lack of skilled workers willing to work for a fraction of the cost of a regular American worker

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Emanon13

And meanwhile Bill Gates is in DC lobbing congress for more H1B visa's, because of the perceived lack of skilled workers.

What he really means is a lack of skilled workers willing to work for a fraction of the cost of a regular American worker

Glad to see non techies have taken notice.
Only these CEO's and ex-CEO's have been lobbying for higher H1-B visas since the mid 90's.
The Senate bill that passed doubled the number and automatically adds a percentage more each year now.

I'd be more worried about the new W-Visa the Senate passed though.
That is going to hurt non-techies more than H1-B visas.

[workingclasshero]

not 12000....but 18000 employees

[pnwmdk]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Too bad our bloated government bureaucracies at ALL levels, local, state, and federal, don't do the same.

No, they hire more to manage the bloat.

[greywar]

Originally Posted by pnwmdk

No, they hire more to manage the bloat.

Actually this may surprise you, but every time I check state governments it seems like they are also employing less people.

Take a look at California for example if you don't believe me.

Reality is far different then your perception apparently.