IT IS WORTH emphasising well in advance that the problem at hand is not one of nationality; this broad and well-recognised problem is the degradation of working conditions and wages, which is turn makes the rich even richer and the working people (the 'masses') more coerced. Microsoft is rather unique in its area when it comes to offshoring, but to describe this as a problem pertaining only to technology is simply to forget that digital goods transcend borders at low costs, so the economic rules differ tremendously.
Of course, MySpace isn't the first company to botch their layoffs. Earlier this year Microsoft asked some of its laid off employees to send back part of their severance checks. Microsoft's goof was perhaps more insulting because the company didn't realize its mistake until after many employees had cashed their checks, so the company actually wanted employees to return money that was already in their bank accounts.
Redmond, Washington - Budget constraints mean American IT professionals are spending less on innovation than their counterparts in the UK, Japan and Germany, according to a new survey.
While many IT professionals are investing in specific areas of IT infrastructure, 55 percent say the economy has changed the role of IT and 51 percent say that budget constraints are the biggest barrier to their innovation, according to the Harris Interactive study, commissioned for Microsoft.
CEO of Microsoft's Indian Partner Complains American Grads Are 'Unemployable'
The CEO of a major Indian corporation sounds off on what he sees as educational inadequacies
HCL Technologies is one of India's most powerful and respected tech firms. The company scored a massive $170M USD outsourcing contract from Microsoft last year. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lavished them with praise, stating, "That extra mile walk by the team (at HCL) has increased our mutual trust and has taken our relationship to newer heights. "
Nortel has laid off senior staff in the UK who were responsible for the company’s unified communications partnership with Microsoft, according to sources.
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aeshna23
2009-06-30 13:00:37
(By the way, I like spelling Microsoft, M$. It saves me 7 seven key strokes, but it seems we are haters if we do.)