Forbidden Fruit - Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones

Re:Forbidden Fruit - Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones by jrockway on Saturday March 13, 2010 @01:24AM (#1188592)

Steve Ballmer: What happens when the serial killer from "silence of the lambs" becomes when he escapes from prison and takes on a new identity.

But seriously, does Microsoft buy its employees Windows Mobile phone? No? That's why nobody has them; why pay money for an inferior product just because you work there? At least Google buys everyone an Android phone.

I work for a bank. I don't put my money in this bank, because their fees are outrageous and their interest rates are insanely low. ING Direct is a much better product, so I use that instead. There is no incentive for me to use my employer's product; it would cost me money. Why would I want to spend my own money to make the executives feel better?

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Re:Forbidden Fruit - Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones by anigbrowl on Saturday March 13, 2010 @01:43AM (#1188604)

I know it's off-topic, but why would you want to work for a company that treats its customers so badly? I mean, if they don't care about their customers they probably don't care much about you either, so it's entirely likely that you could do better working for someone who actually gives a fuck.

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Re:Forbidden Fruit - Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones by ryanpetrich on Saturday March 13, 2010 @10:40AM (#1189027)

ING Direct's quite a bit different than your standard bank. I know a girl who works at Indigo (a book retailer)—she buys books via Amazon because she doesn't need the aisles of books to leaf through, staff assistance or in-store Starbucks or the markup associated with it.

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