Comments on: Update: Laid off Microsoft Employees to Keep Extra Payouts http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/microsoft-makes-layoff-blunder/ Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PJhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/microsoft-makes-layoff-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 PJ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:01:03 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=889#comment-3238 This is a PR nightmare! Someone at Microsoft should have calculated the benefit vs. cost for recalling the overpaid severance package. Unbelievable.I still don't understand how could Microsoft makes such a mistake. In fact, according to this article (http://www.geekmba360.com/?p=551), the layoff at Microsoft was handled extremely poorly. How could a large employer like Microsoft make such poor decision and execution? Its mind-boggling. This is a PR nightmare! Someone at Microsoft should have calculated the benefit vs. cost for recalling the overpaid severance package. Unbelievable.

I still don’t understand how could Microsoft makes such a mistake. In fact, according to this article (http://www.geekmba360.com/?p=551), the layoff at Microsoft was handled extremely poorly. How could a large employer like Microsoft make such poor decision and execution? Its mind-boggling.

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