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The Microsoft Salary and Review System
f1055man writes "If you can make it through the obvious bias, Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WASHTECH) has put together a revealing article on Microsoft's salary and review system. 'Internal Microsoft documents obtained by WashTech News show that Microsoft salaries have been stagnant or nudged only slightly higher over the past two years. Comments from current and former employees about the company's compensation and performance review system suggest a growing level of frustration among rank-and-file workers.'"
It is news for Nerds because the developers could revolt and demand extra wages or they will start to produce shoddy code.
Errrrrrrrr hang on a minute
liqbase
I don't even have a job you insensitive clod!
Religion for nerds. Stuff that really matters
because expenses are up.
All those broken chairs at Redmond sure do add up.
From my parents' basement in Wyoming, I stab at thee!
...it has to be with all the chairs soaring through the hallways.
No, they'll use a far more powerful threat. They'll threaten to make the code and features so secure and plentiful that everyone will be delighted with Vista, and nobody will ever need to upgrade again...
Bill Gates obviously thinks 64k should be enough for anybody.
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So in other words, this is MS SARS. Am I wrong in thinking that they claim that Windows Defender can cure it, or at least inoculate against it?
Money for nothing, pix for free
For the record... I hate you.
One employee in the company's Mobile and Embedded Devices group said when it comes to her review score, "my performance is about 10 percent of the whole equation."
This sounds like what someone that got a bad review would say.
No Sigs!
GATES: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
The word "bias", in use by rightists
FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE RIGHT WING CONSPIRICY
How did we let this guy through? I thought the laser-pengiuns that Haliburton made were going to do their JOBS this time.
Instead, this Chomskyit is allowed to speek. WE NEED THOSE LASER-PENGIUNS UP AND RUNNING!
Let's move to PLAN XB21 - ACTIVATE GORILLA MAYHAM!
(signing off) - Illuminati #40202
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
the starting base salary is $75,500 for entry-level positions
Ouch. That made my eyes water. At today's exchange rate, that's nearly 43,500 pounds sterling.
I earn a lot less than that, but at least I never have to touch Windows, and the Windows people in the office bow and scrape at my feet and address me as "Mr. Unix Genius."
That in itself is worth many thousands a year.
Time for my pills.
Stick Men
You don't understand. Real Schools are part of the conspiracy, and the Economis they teach you are what THEY want you to believe. GP knows better; in fact, he knows everything. That's why they want to shut him up.
(Incidentally, that is also why I'm mocking him; I work for the conspiracy and we're scared shitless he might convince you).
You're right! I just found 10 bucks on my couch!