Lower Depths has directed my attention to a major fucking PR fiasco being perpetrated by the Redmond Evil Empire... As reported by Gizmodo, it would seem that Microsoft is asking hundreds of people they recently laid off for their severance payments to be returned. As LD so pithily puts it... What a crap situation... first they overpaid the poor bastards, probably used Excel to figure out the rate and implemented it with their fabulous database apps... Then they fire the poor bastards... then they ask for the money back." Hey, that's the beauty of capitalism. As a Gizmodo commenter puts it... I'd tell them to fuck themselves and keep the money. What are they going to do... Fire you?
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