Leaked Microsoft memo tells managers not to use budget cuts as an explainer for lack of pay rises: ‘Reinforce that every year offers unique opportunity for impact’::Managers are being ordered to dodge employees’ questions about how the latest budget cuts will impact their pay.

  • Vincent Adultman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How did big tech companies got like these? Bigger cut for owners? I remember when a person got a job in Microsoft, Google, etc, it meant that they were financial stable in a good job that didn’t drain all of their energy. We need tech more than ever now. Is it because there are so many devs these days? AI? All these things all together?

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    1 year ago

    “Sorry, you’re not getting a cost of living increase this year, but what you need to focus on is how impactful your work has been.”

  • thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wish I could have lived long enough to see Micro$oft go bankrupt and dissolve. They have brought nothing but toxicity to the tech community, and I’ve been in this game for almost 4 decades.

  • Stonewyvvern@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Had a manager try jargon speak on me. He heard it in meetings and thought it sounded smart.

    I dispelled him of that illusion.

    “Use real words boss. Save that crap for the people who like to talk a lot and tell you nothing.”

    Didn’t get a raise, but he started being way more lenient. Always been a Kings Fool.