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1
You mean I shouldn't take that contracting gig out in Redmond?
2
When I was a permatemp there it seemed they had an awful lot of Assistant User Experience Managers and others whose jobs consisted entirely of attending meetings. They're the ones who should worry most...
3
people who goes to alota meeting should be worried? you mean everyone then??
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@1: Not necessarily, Microsoft continues to prefer outsourcing where it can.
5
Take the contracting gig now #1. The FTE's laid off this time will have their jobs offered back as contractors a couple weeks later....again.
6
There was a better article in the Seattle Times yesterday, including how they came to that guesstimate.
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You've seen this map:

http://i.imgur.com/CK6aONG.jpg

Best strategy for MSFT would be to move the headquarters to Mumbai.
9
So if the Great Lakes are the Rust Belt, does this signal the beginning of the Northwest becoming the Corrosion Belt?
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@9: More like the cyber-rot belt if such a depressing scenario holds true.
11
How many of these jobs are temp related? They usually lay off a shitload of temps before they release a new operating system and most temps know this well in advance.
12
I think it's going down tomorrow. Lots of conference rooms in my building are booked solid just tomorrow morning and early afternoon by the same person in HR. Same thing happened during the last round.
13
@12 Which Building?

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