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Old 24-02-2009   #1
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Microsoft asks redundant workers for a refund

Accounting blunder sends sacked workers home with an overpayment, but Microsoft wants its money back.

The web site TechCrunch has managed to get hold of a copy of a letter sent out by the firm to a number of laid off workers, and has printed it in full. The letter was sent out to a selection of workers from a recently announced 1,400 redundancies.


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_http://www.itpro.co.uk/609966/microsoft-asks-redundant-workers-for-a-refund

Would you give it back? I think I would probably say Ha ha, tough s**t if I were in that position. At least until the threatened me with the suited men.
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The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken!

If I was a former employee of Micro$oft, and I received such a letter, I'd tell them to go shove it somewhere the sun doesn't shine, after all, they make billions in profit every day, so why bother over potentially a few thousand?

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I wonder who wrote the accounting software ............. hmm......... that's a difficult one



Microsoft should give us all a refund for all the years of having the computer software market taken over and dominated by MS cac.
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Microsoft should give us all a refund for all the years of having the computer software market taken over and dominated by MS cac.
You mean refund those who were stupid enough to actually buy their cack...

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Originally Posted by compufunk View Post
Accounting blunder .....
You can stop there.

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
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