Microsoft is sooooooo bipolar

[Jcmg62]

Giving new products cool, hip names like Groove and Munchkin one minute then slashing thousands of jobs the next.....Satya needs to talk to his doctor about increasing his meds :grin:

 

[jmshub]

Microsoft is a very large company with vastly different divisions. One division can be struggling even while they are introducing new products and expanding lines.

 

[xandros9]

I don't see how changing a product name and cutting jobs are opposites or even in the same field?

 

[fatclue_98]

This is nothing new. Sometimes companies lay off hundreds or thousands of employees only to re-hire them, or others, just to shed salaries. When you factor in salary, benefits and burden (worker's comp, taxes, etc.) 7800 employees can be a big chunk of change. Even if they're re-hired at reduced salaries and/or benefits, the savings can be tremendous. Don't blame Microsoft, blame the greedy investors who want to maximize their dividends.