Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
by frou_dh on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:46AM
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I would spontaneously combust if I were responsible for a $364B company on a good day, never mind deciding how layoffs should be done. It's just surprising that parody-level corporate-speak still gets used despite having being derided for years in mainstream press and conversation.
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Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
by cookiecaper on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:53AM
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A few people may express derision for the political apparatus, but the reality remains that this type of language is extremely effective.
I used to believe that if one were selective, he could find discerning groups of people where political shenanigans were of minimal effect. I've since learned that no matter what, politics is a matter of survival in any group of 5+ people, especially in cultural circumstances that emphasize individual independence and freedom.
We can't fault a corporate CEO for donning highly-sanitized corporate political speech. Like it or not, executives would be dead meat without it.
Political tap-dancing has been parodied for generations and that still happens.
Heck, Cheney all but quoted Reagan's "I don't recall"-defense as a 20th anniversary tribute and that had been lampooned specifically.
Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
by hyperliner on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:45AM
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Or, for balance, Obama saying "I am acting alone on the border" and then at the border "Congress does not do its job."
That's not really "being political" since both statements are true. Congress didn't act on the immigration problem, so he acted on his own with the limited power of the Executive. This isn't a good example.
Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
by hyperliner on Thursday July 17, 2014 @11:05AM
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Well, one could argue "he is not acting" since thousands of kids keep flowing in, and one could argue "it's not the job of Congress to act."
Lies don't have to "sound political" to be untrue.
Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
by hack_edu on Thursday July 17, 2014 @01:03PM
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People are downvoting you because this quickly became blatantly off-topic and distracting from the subject at hand, not because of your political views.