Axe about to drop at Microsoft
The Sword of Damoclese may be well about to drop over at Microsoft today. Last week, Satya Nadella promised a big shake-up in the way Microsoft does business, corporate-speak for a reorganization many would say is long-overdue.
Today is the day.
Today is the day.
Employees at the company's campus in Redmond, Wash., are already bracing for the news. Human resources managers have begun reserving conference rooms for most of Thursday, most likely a sign that they will be used to meet with laid-off employees, a person with knowledge of the plans said. Employees will have an opportunity to question Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, about the cuts on Friday at a regular town hall meeting that was scheduled before the exact timing of the layoffs was known.
Frank Shaw, a company spokesman, declined to comment.
My impression is that most Nokiaites were pretty depressed about the buy-out and nostalgic about the good old days when Nokia was a leader and a source of Finnish pride.
Every single outsourced employee should send a hateful letter to Microsoft senior management in ODF format. Just to be a jerk.