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EBITDA is a major contributor to CEO bonuses and is written into many CEO contracts. Also, lower expenses yields higher margins which has a positive correlation to stock price, which also is a portion of CEO compensation. No CEO worth his weight would take a contract driven solely on profits. That is too easy to lose. No, stock performance is a good one, EBITDA another, but not profits. Owner pay is driven by profits.
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I guess this means the US will be able to fill those tech jobs which it was supposed to have openings for.
This is terrible news. The DOJ investigation of Microsoft in 2000 really hurt the tech industry -- broke the bubble -- and this probably won't be good either. So much more competition for jobs now. Who needs that!?! 
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Master.Man1980 wrote: This is very bad.
Meh! Unless you are one of those being laid-off - this is actually very good.
Microsoft (today) is too big, too slow and too set in their ways. According to insiders politics between divisions often stalls or kills good ideas.
In hindsight, it probably would have been better for end-users, stock-holders and employees if Microsoft would have been split up decades ago during the DOJ anti-trust case.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Quote: one of those being laid-off
I don't work for MS.Quote: this is actually very good
I think u r one of those getting the money.
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Master.Man1980 wrote: I think u r one of those getting the money.
Nope. I've never owned MSFT stock (unless it was grouped into a mutual fund  ).
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Perhaps they're laying off only those that use text speak.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I think MS too big. That's the same Windows or office. Next version's alway bigger and slower version before. I think MS only add more to next version. I don't know how to jobs of other like HR, environment, worker. Are they going to lose job?
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That is what corporation do !!!
If they have money they hire people, if they loose money they fired people.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Looks like it's mainly the people they brought over from Nokia, they wanted to own the brand name but don't want anything to do with the employees
Maybe they don't consider the Nokia guys to be good/smart/talented enough?
modified 15-Jul-14 9:42am.
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Hopefully, it'll be the team that designed Windows 8 and the Ribbon...
Bet it isn't, though...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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More likely it will be all those who still think a keyboard is a handy device. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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As far as I'm concerned it's still the fastest input device around - try telling that to users though, who mostly want 'point and clicky' interfaces...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Typical post-takeover layoffs. It's probably the bulk of the Nokia developers. MS doesn't need them, it's got lots of its own.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It is well known that employees are the cause of all trouble. Getting rid of them will therefore solve everything.
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We talking about thousands ^\d{4,}$Quote: ... employees are the cause of all trouble...
Is MS juvenile correction center? 
modified 15-Jul-14 13:39pm.
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Well hopefully they start with everyone involved in bundling the kinect with the new xbox.
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Company acquisitions always lead to lay offs, that's not news, unfortunately. Business always overlap in areas and cuts need to be made. The problem in this case is that we are talking about the merging of two huge companies, that lead to scary layoff numbers.
But if you look closer, 5k lay offs out of 90k nokia employees isn't that big of a percentage.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Unless you happen to be one of the 5k! A 100% chance of being without a job is not fun for anyone and glossing over it with the 'small percentage' argument is disingenuous at best, cruelly cynical at worst!
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I'm not saying it is fun, or it is good, just it is expected. I've seen much worse cases (percentage wise) with people I worked with.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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How to happen in VietNam. Will Some people lose job?
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A good thing. The only company that is can survive despite economic failure and over staffing is Government Inc, the others need to adapt.
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I heard Microsoft wants to change their corporate culture and the easiet way to do that is to get rid of a bunch of workers to scare the rest into changing their ways.
It will work for a while, but the old culture will reassert itself.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Expected post-merge layoffs, it's really bad but, unfortunately, that's the way of doing business; in the bright side, they may try to join the Jolla team and improve their OS.
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I only watch Fox News. 
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