Microsoft's CEO Says No Raises for Full-Time Employees This Year

Re:Microsoft's CEO Says No Raises for Full-Time Employees Th... by doctor_eval on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:37PM (#35897075)

I agree wholeheartedly with every point you make, except this:

> This isn't a fucking game

That is *exactly* what it is to these people, and I don't doubt that they make use of game theory to make some of these decisions.

Until the rules of the game change, nothing will.

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Re:Microsoft's CEO Says No Raises for Full-Time Employees Th... by tombert on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @11:42PM (#35897123)

I mean, it's not a game, these idiots in charge are just treating it like one.

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Re:Microsoft's CEO Says No Raises for Full-Time Employees Th... by zmgsabst on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:23AM (#35897453)

I don’t think game theory supports their actions.

Humans are quite adept at Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma — and play it even during psychology experiments which are supposed to model other games. (This is the source of most “humans are so irrational!” papers.)

Corporations defecting will bring about defection in response:

What is Microsoft gaining from this play, which offsets their losses during the “next round”?

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