Re:Microsoft laid me off after 15 years of service. Life aft...
by wopwopwah on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @02:40PM
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I was also sent off from Microsoft last Thursday. What a day. My observations:
- This was the best kept secret ever at Microsoft. Many VPs and directors were not knowing until the day of.
- It's clear the layoff decisions were not personal or based on talent or seniority, but just rather the high executives each doing a large pruning of their own branches. Whole branches of the company being lopped off because they had no role in the future picture. Especially after the Nokia buyout the total headcount was too high so this was also to get headcount under control.
- Severance terms were good.
Overall I can't blame Microsoft. Their competitors are making much more hay with much less people.
Re:Microsoft laid me off after 15 years of service. Life aft...
by cmsj on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @05:17PM
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Agreed, but at the scale they're talking about, trying to rank competent people out of the tens of thousands being let go... you're gonna need a lot of Bobs ;)
- This was the best kept secret ever at Microsoft. Many VPs and directors were not knowing until the day of.
- It's clear the layoff decisions were not personal or based on talent or seniority, but just rather the high executives each doing a large pruning of their own branches. Whole branches of the company being lopped off because they had no role in the future picture. Especially after the Nokia buyout the total headcount was too high so this was also to get headcount under control.
- Severance terms were good.
Overall I can't blame Microsoft. Their competitors are making much more hay with much less people.