Axeman cometh: Microsoft lays off 27 staff Microsoft plans to axe 27 jobs at its Redmond and Bellevue sites. The latest cull in Microsoft’s Washington offices is expected to hit workers on 1 November, according to the Seattle Times. The software giant had notified the Washington State Employment Security Department about the job cuts. "I can confirm that part of our …
You know the people who are supposed to have a clue about what an earth it is Microsoft does, or at least appears to be doing, or thinking about, or something.
That being said, if it's just some tea ladies or whatever, then I guess it must be a really, really, really tedious day. Mind you, if it was tea ladies being fired and they went Columbine or Britney Spears down in Microsoft HQ that'd be news.
<<The Register asked Microsoft to provide comment on this story, but at time of publication it hadn’t got back to us>>
What about "The Register asked Microsoft to provide comment on this story, but at time of publication it hadn’t got the balls to answer, their PR peeps quivering under a desk from Ballmer's chair-shaped spinny-axe. And Uncle Fester works late, especially as it was a full moon last night."
But, only 27? Chicken-feed. That's the stuff one feeds to chickens, right?
"...we are taking these necessary actions to realign our resources against our top priorities."
Do these Public Relations people have any idea how wording like this comes across as slick, evasive, and unsympathetic? Can they adduce a shred of evidence to demonstrate that such sterile wording, devoid of humanity, makes their company look better off, not worse off?
PS: When you realign something, you move it, or its parts; realigning is not about subtracting.
They only speak in metaphors, similes and hyperbole while only using a thesaurus to make themselves feel superior and to dodge the question. It's easy to get around the question whenever the asker is confused without realising it.
I assume they are realigning the metaphorical bow and arrow and aiming at the imaginary apple being held in the transdimensional mouth of 27 employees. Either that of it's Balmer's researchers that old him the iPhone would be a "fail and you"
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