Microsoft to layoff 12,000 employees! (Brown, government, programs, federal)

[Michigantown]

Microsoft added 30,000 employees from Nokia when it bought Nokia. So now Microsoft wants to get rid of redundant jobs.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Why doesn't bill and melinda gates foot the bill to keep these hard working American working?

Because neither are running the company my friend.

MS just bought Nokia. There is a huge overlap of skill.
All big companies do this when they buyout another company.

When IBM sold off their laptop business to Lenovo there was a mass layoff.
Yet that one didn't make top headlines.

This is business and how it works. Nothing to get outraged about.

[Coseau]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

Windows 8 sucks................all that needs to be said.

I was going to buy a new laptop right around the time Windows 8 came out. But after hearing all the negative reviews about I decided not to. A family member bought a laptop with the Windows 8 operating system on it. After using that laptop with Windows 8 I'm so thankful I have a PC with Windows 7 as the OS.

[lycos679]

Originally Posted by Coseau

I was going to buy a new laptop right around the time Windows 8 came out. But after hearing all the negative reviews about I decided not to. A family member bought a laptop with the Windows 8 operating system on it. After using that laptop with Windows 8 I'm so thankful I have a PC with Windows 7 as the OS.

Apple FTW.

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by alphamale

Why doesn't bill and melinda gates foot the bill to keep these hard working American working?

Actually, the plan is for 18,000 layoffs.

Why should Microsoft keep people working that they don't need? That isn't good business. Typical liberal thinking.

[nononsenseguy]

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?

Liberals think so.

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by Coseau

I was going to buy a new laptop right around the time Windows 8 came out. But after hearing all the negative reviews about I decided not to. A family member bought a laptop with the Windows 8 operating system on it. After using that laptop with Windows 8 I'm so thankful I have a PC with Windows 7 as the OS.

All the new crap comes out with 8 on it and you can't load 7 because the drivers. They are forcing it..........and eventually folks will get used to it. Windows is 95% of the market. Companies will wait until all the glitches are worked out before moving over but they will in a year or so. Yippee. LOL

[nononsenseguy]

Originally Posted by alphamale

FALSE!

The economy is booming!

Look at the stock market.

That is not an indication of how the economy overall is doing, and it isn't "booming." And, it certainly isn't an indication that Microsoft needs those employees. I suppose you think you know what Microsoft's needs are.

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by lycos679

Apple FTW.

Micro appears to be copying some of the Apple BS. Your hero is dead. Now what? It will go down in flames..............sorry just reality.

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by nononsenseguy

That is not an indication of how the economy overall is doing, and it isn't "booming." And, it certainly isn't an indication that Microsoft needs those employees. I suppose you think you know what Microsoft's needs are.

Stock market is roaring..............like you say though it doesn't mean folks are getting jobs or the economy is "roaring". How much longer can they pump it up? Big crash coming.............very big crash.