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Microsoft Caste System
Ericka writes "Computer Source Magazine recently published an article on Microsoft's treatment of its contractors. According to some temps, the work environment for these folks has taken a downturn since the resolution of the permatemp suit."
They are the cogs in Microsoft's software machine
..., a policy center dedicated to temporary workers' rights. "It's very bad for morale.
Its not a machine...its an outhouse....lets keep that in mind as we read this article.
"They really screwed it for the rest of us," says Derek Miebers, a one-time temp who believes that the lawsuit claimants contributed toward an even more negative work environment for future Microsoft contingent staff.
well duh, they are microsoft, they have been screwing the world for 20 years, that little dump they took out in the outhouse that they packaged and called windows.
"They basically encourage a culture that devalues the contributions of these employees because of their status as contractors,"
look at their products, do you really want to be assoicated with that? One current contractor goes so far as to describe the deliberate distinctions between full timers and contractors as a sort of "caste system" with clear signifiers that show who belongs to the high Brahmin class and who are the outcasts.
One current contractor goes so far as to describe the deliberate distinctions between full timers and contractors as a sort of "caste system" with clear signifiers that show who belongs to the high Brahmin class and who are the outcasts. they have a castle system? and outcasts? oh jesus, no wonder windows blows so much, these people are so busy trying to become king of the castle that they dont have time to devlop software. Micrsoft management really needs to get a fucking life....wel, i suppose all they have is their status, after all, they certinally cant brag about their quality assurance, or custmer service. Hell, they cant even brag about their product without at least some snickiering.
if it were me, just working for microsoft would bring down my morale
I gotta be honest, i got a little over half way thru this article and just stopped reading it. It just gets more and more retarded. These people are suppose to be devloping software and all they are doing is sitting around flinging shit at each other like monkeys with cucumbers up their ass.
no wonder windows sucks so much, i doubt with the big struggle of the peseants they have any time to work on it.