Life after Microsoft. 15 years later...gooooone.

Feuer Frei! · 07-22-14, 07:06 AM

This video adds a human touch to the recent lay-offs Microsoft had indicated would take place.
This guy was employed by Microsoft for 15 years.
He gives inside info on the lay-offs, and in particular his lay-off:

On the morning of July 17th, the company held a meeting with roughly 150 people in Redmond and announced the layoffs. The former employee in the video said that he had no idea that the layoffs were coming, although there were plenty of signs that the head count reduction was occurring based on rumors and Nadella's letter to the employees. The former employee in the video was laid off after 15 years at the company, so it wasn't only new heads that were cut for the acquisition of Nokia.

Jimbuna · 07-22-14, 08:10 AM

It's never pleasant to see anyone lose their job, especially when you take into account the knock-on effect it can have on not only the individual but also on their loved ones and local community.

Sadly, this is becoming more common every day the world over.

Schroeder · 07-22-14, 08:19 AM

I thought hire and fire was common practice in the US?

Feuer Frei! · 07-22-14, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I thought hire and fire was common practice in the world

fixed.

The purpose of the video is anything but stating that.

Sailor Steve · 07-22-14, 12:54 PM

That's worrisome. My older daughter's husband works for Microsoft.

vanjast · 07-22-14, 01:03 PM

Mass layoffs could be detrimental for MS, as these people have inside knowledge of the systems and could, as a collective + many other talented people out there, go for it on their own.

This could be the rise of the alternative OS's... as the MS castle crumbles into dust.

I really think it's a big mistake for MS to dive 'balls-n-all' into the mobile market.... we'll see though.

guntherprien · 07-22-14, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's worrisome. My older daughter's husband works for Microsoft.

Worrisome indeed.
Time for him to join the real world.

Dread Knot · 07-22-14, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vanjast

Mass layoffs could be detrimental for MS, as these people have inside knowledge of the systems and could, as a collective + many other talented people out there, go for it on their own.

Likely, some of them are being snapped by Amazon which is just next door.

Otto Harkaman · 07-22-14, 02:05 PM

I thought it was absolutely crazy for Microsoft to be developing Android phones. I guess someone in the micro bureaucracy finally woke up to that fact. My prediction is that the Android operating system is going to eventually kill windows. Its a fast clean operating system.

Catfish · 07-22-14, 02:43 PM

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I thought it was absolutely crazy for Microsoft to be developing Android phones.

I agree wholeheartedly. I hope this is not an infraction

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[...] My prediction is that the Android operating system is going to eventually kill windows. Its a fast clean operating system.

What ?! Maybe it will kill Windows (i doubt it though), but a clean operating system ?! lmao !

This joke of an OS is so full of bloatware and garbage you can hardly handle it w/o being molested by hundreds of apps telling you to install them all the time, let alone being molested by your provider charging much too much money for their "services", and you have no control at all about what the updates install on "your" phone. And it is NOT user-friendly.

An Android phone is not your phone. It is a Google listening and eavesdropping and advertising device, and they do with it what they want, at your cost.

It is an atrocity. And yes, since 5 months with a HTC One I know what i am talking about.

I hear Windows 8 is similar with such bloatware. If MS continues that (Google) way they will indeed vanish. No one apart from 13-year old Bronies and Justin Bieber fans can like this atrocious ... no i won't say it

Wolferz · 07-22-14, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Otto Harkaman

I thought it was absolutely crazy for Microsoft to be developing Android phones. I guess someone in the micro bureaucracy finally woke up to that fact. My prediction is that the Android operating system is going to eventually kill windows. Its a fast clean operating system.

If all you're going to run is simple apps, then yeah windows might be doomed. Their current drive for the last few years has been to turn all the PCs running windows into X-boxes.

Sad to see all those nice folks in Redmond get the axe because upper management has their heads up their backsides. But, it's typical in this globalized economy.

vanjast · 07-22-14, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Sad to see all those nice folks in Redmond get the axe because upper management has their heads up their backsides. But, it's typical in this globalized economy.

If I'm not mistaken .. this has only happened since Bill Gates 'retired' as head of MSoft. These new guys are just a bunch of ..a holes.

07-22-14, 07:06 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Life after Microsoft. 15 years later...gooooone. This video adds a human touch to the recent lay-offs Microsoft had indicated would take place. This guy was employed by Microsoft for 15 years. He gives inside info on the lay-offs, and in particular his lay-off: On the morning of July 17th, the company held a meeting with roughly 150 people in Redmond and announced the layoffs. The former employee in the video said that he had no idea that the layoffs were coming, although there were plenty of signs that the head count reduction was occurring based on rumors and Nadella's letter to the employees. The former employee in the video was laid off after 15 years at the company, so it wasn't only new heads that were cut for the acquisition of Nokia. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It's never pleasant to see anyone lose their job, especially when you take into account the knock-on effect it can have on not only the individual but also on their loved ones and local community. Sadly, this is becoming more common every day the world over. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I thought hire and fire was common practice in the US? __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's worrisome. My older daughter's husband works for Microsoft. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,734 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Mass layoffs could be detrimental for MS, as these people have inside knowledge of the systems and could, as a collective + many other talented people out there, go for it on their own. This could be the rise of the alternative OS's... as the MS castle crumbles into dust. I really think it's a big mistake for MS to dive 'balls-n-all' into the mobile market.... we'll see though.

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Otto Harkaman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I thought it was absolutely crazy for Microsoft to be developing Android phones. I guess someone in the micro bureaucracy finally woke up to that fact. My prediction is that the Android operating system is going to eventually kill windows. Its a fast clean operating system.