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Volt Asks Temps To 'Vote" For Microsoft Pay Cut
theodp writes "In an email sent Friday evening to its Microsoft temp workers, Volt Workforce Solutions asked the techies to 'vote' to agree to a 10% pay cut. From the email: 'We want to support you in continuing your assignment at Microsoft and respectfully ask that you respond by going to the upper left hand corner of this email under the "Vote" response option and select, "Accept'" by close of business Tuesday, March 3, 2009. By accepting you agree to the [-10%] pay adjustment in your pay rate.' Microsoft managed to keep the Feb. 20 email detailing plans to slash rates from leaking while it pitched its Elevate America initiative at the 2009 Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association, touting Microsoft skills as just the ticket to economic recovery."
It means reducing costs in a labor intense industry by forcing the cost of labor down. In a recession this is easy. Then, the recovery can begin by recovering your bonuses and perks. Perhaps buy a few more Gulf Stream jets or silicone implants for your trophy wife/girlfriend of the month. Maybe later you'll kick some over to the shareholders, but only after feathering you own nest. Or buying a few more congress critters.
HTH
putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
Did you even read the posting? It wasn't Microsoft that did this. It was a vendor that contracts with Microsoft. But framing this as a Microsoft is evil topic gets it on to the /. home page because everyone gets their panties in a twist and drives /. traffic up. Dumb.
if your easily offended by anti-Microsoft sentiments you might feel more at home here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx#