Microsoft Struggles to Improve Worker Morale
I found this of interest , some insight into the workplace ambience at MS .
By Deborah Rothberg May 23, 2006 Microsoft has been taking action to improve its reportedly low employee morale, unveiling a series of new perks as part of a program dubbed "MyMicrosoft" at an all-employee meeting May 18. This comes on the heels of a Reuters report that 1,000 Microsoft contract workers were forced to take a week off without pay.
" Mini-Microsoft " is a Blog where some Microsoft workers air their thoughts .
Mini-Microsoft
Thursday, May 25, 2006
That’s Just Plain Crazy Crisis Talk!
“Don’t have too much faith that Microsoft’s best medicine is an across-the-board RIF. It’s not an established fact that “too much dead weight” is Microsoft’s worst pathology. If it is, then keep in mind that a good number of that “dead weight” will be the ones choosing who gets the axe – and a lot of good talent getting caught up in a frenzied purge. No, Microsoft has always had a reputation of hiring bright people, and a lot of them are still around – although sure some groups are lousy with incompetents, don’t deduce that the whole company so suffers from such a small sample. What we have, I believe, is world-class talent that’s being misused, mislead, and misdirected.”
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