Microsoft backtracks on severance and other annoying stories
Good afternoon, all! Why is the first week back from vacation so incredibly busy? Thankfully, we've got some fabulous headlines to chew on today... Go grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and peruse with me ...
Microsoft has (wrongly) backtracked on its (correct) decision to ask recently laid-off workers to repay between $4,000-5,000 each in wrongly calculated severance. I don't care where you fall on this issue -- it could be Apple or Enron, I don't care, but that money *wasn't* those employees' money to keep. It was a mistake, and they should have to pay it back. And, not quite as popular part of the story, it was only 25 people who were paid more, while 22 people were paid less.
So, let's calculate this: A company (that had to lay people off as part of a new reorganization of the company to slim down and make the most of its money) overpaid 25 worker by $4,000 at the least -- that's $100,000. Wasted. Bye. No hope to get it back because those poor laid-off people can't do the good, moral, *right* thing and give back money that wasn't theirs. Ridiculous...
In another follow-up form Monday, Google has officially cleared up any and all conspiracy rumors -- and, surprisingly, thousands of LOST fans' theories that the grid relates to the island -- that the anomaly found by a aeronautical researcher in a map of the ocean floor of the coast of the Canary islands was the missing city of Atlantis. But, much like the crystal skulls, it was a great story while it lasted.
Speaking of Google -- No, you weren't the only person whose Gmail crashed Monday night. The outage was unfortunate and Google apologizes.
Just a reminder -- Apple's Steve Wozniak will be strapping on his dancing shoes on March 9th for the new season of Dancing With The Stars. Who wants to bet the shoes will be white, in honor of the ubiquitous earbuds? :) Nah... just kidding...
Hey, MXC fans (you know who you are): Want to see a funny Japanese physics trick? Apparently you can use the momentum generated when sliding down a water slide to propel yourself across a pool solely on your butt. Too funny...
OK, that's all for me today! Stay tuned for a super awesome announcement that may or may not have to do with our Byte-Sized Spring Cleaning Giveaway!!
Laters!
Microsoft has (wrongly) backtracked on its (correct) decision to ask recently laid-off workers to repay between $4,000-5,000 each in wrongly calculated severance. I don't care where you fall on this issue -- it could be Apple or Enron, I don't care, but that money *wasn't* those employees' money to keep. It was a mistake, and they should have to pay it back. And, not quite as popular part of the story, it was only 25 people who were paid more, while 22 people were paid less.
So, let's calculate this: A company (that had to lay people off as part of a new reorganization of the company to slim down and make the most of its money) overpaid 25 worker by $4,000 at the least -- that's $100,000. Wasted. Bye. No hope to get it back because those poor laid-off people can't do the good, moral, *right* thing and give back money that wasn't theirs. Ridiculous...
In another follow-up form Monday, Google has officially cleared up any and all conspiracy rumors -- and, surprisingly, thousands of LOST fans' theories that the grid relates to the island -- that the anomaly found by a aeronautical researcher in a map of the ocean floor of the coast of the Canary islands was the missing city of Atlantis. But, much like the crystal skulls, it was a great story while it lasted.
Speaking of Google -- No, you weren't the only person whose Gmail crashed Monday night. The outage was unfortunate and Google apologizes.
Just a reminder -- Apple's Steve Wozniak will be strapping on his dancing shoes on March 9th for the new season of Dancing With The Stars. Who wants to bet the shoes will be white, in honor of the ubiquitous earbuds? :) Nah... just kidding...
Hey, MXC fans (you know who you are): Want to see a funny Japanese physics trick? Apparently you can use the momentum generated when sliding down a water slide to propel yourself across a pool solely on your butt. Too funny...
OK, that's all for me today! Stay tuned for a super awesome announcement that may or may not have to do with our Byte-Sized Spring Cleaning Giveaway!!
Laters!
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