Shady!!!!

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This is not a joke!

In a letter this weekend, Microsoft is telling some of its laid off employees it overpaid their severance.

AND, they'd like the fired workers to pay them back, please.

The audacity!!!!!!!

Posted: Feb 23, 2009 at 9:14 am / Email this »

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29 comments to “Shady!!!!”

Jessic-Marie says – reply to this

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you must be joking
Kelly1 says – reply to this

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~~~ Good Luck trying to get a dime outta me jackass !
_Alice_ says – reply to this

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I just wish they would take my Vista back. That shit sucks. Vista is icky!
Queen Sheena says – reply to this

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the nerve!
kristenleigh says – reply to this

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MICROSOFT SUCKS!!! apple would never do something THIS low class.
litzie says – reply to this

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And all the severance pay that IS returned will go directly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation? The CEO's probably need additional funding for their corporate jets, yachts, limos and luxurious vacations this year and can't get their greedy fists on any Bailout money to pay for these things.

Good luck on this feeble attempt, Microsoft! You can't win em all….
harrybalsac says – reply to this

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Was he downloading his hard drive?
LizardKinG says – reply to this

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when are they going to refund my money for that crappy vista o/s?
whowhathuh? says – reply to this

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Tacky! Greed is such an ugly thing…
zaniac01 says – reply to this

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your link isn't working. and that is really bad. I would tell them I need to set up a payment plan of $5 a month until I paid it back.
baileygail says – reply to this

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finders keepers asshole!
whooshy1 says – reply to this

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laid-off and fired are not the same thing. if you had ever had a real job, you would know this.
kerkieberkie says – reply to this

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They removed the story. I clicked on the link and got the 404 page.
kerkieberkie says – reply to this

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Re: kristenleigh – Don't say apple wouldn't do this. they are a business. As a devoted mac user, they have done things that have upset me- ie. paying $100 for ProApple care. You think the extended warranty would be enough.
litzie says – reply to this

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Re: kristenleigh – I wouldn't count on that…Steve Jobs is going to have to pay for his cancer treatments, which are exceedingly expensive. He may resort to extorting his employees and fellow CEO's for additional $$$$ to help cover his medical bills.
zarrafakt Hates Perez says – reply to this

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Re: _Alice_ – Achtung Baby! Ditto. In the spirit of BBD, Vista needs a good fisting!
Osakhomen says – reply to this

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They must have lost a lot for them to ask for it back.
Mentalist says – reply to this

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In the book Animal Farm which was written many years ago, the animals all agreed They Were ALL Equal, just some were more equal than others. Today people like Gates, Soro's, Clinton, Gore, Obama, Oprah seem to feel the same way The DESERVE it all, but we the Little People deserve little to nothing. Open your eyes SEE how they live (using a 10,000 gal an hour jet to fly 300 miles) telling YOU walk YOU are destroying the atmosphere? They are hypocrites and liars who don't even hide the fact they feel we are trash.
SparklingBerry says – reply to this

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Microsoft calling the blues………please why don't they take the Big Wigs salaries and cut them, and you could probably keep 100 or so employees
Endora says – reply to this

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I'm sure this will go over as well as that crappy ad campaign with Jerry Seinfeld.
Blue Eyes says – reply to this

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Re: whooshy1 – Like is this some kind of american jargon? some subtle nuance on the same thing? Hello, they don't have jobs! Pity the americans dont speak english.
Blue Eyes says – reply to this

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Re: stars101 – microsoft HAVE to go out and do this. they're looking for the small business sucker. Most of the rest of the world's businesses use LINUX operating system, it's fucking FREE
Blue Eyes says – reply to this

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and this isn't shady, why, it represents the pinnacle of american culture and humanity, fucking greed!
hamsandwich7 says – reply to this

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You have got to be fucking kidding me? I'd like to piss on one of their faces. Ridiculous.
summerwaldo says – reply to this

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You people are stupid. Seriously, this is ludacris. It's obvs none of you know anything about running a business and will believe anything you read.
summerwaldo says – reply to this

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And Bill Gates has nothing to do with the running of the company. HE'S RETIRED! And even before he retired he wasn't the CEO of the company, he headed up the development of technology. Steve Balmer is and has been CEO of Microsoft for many years.
robin m. says – reply to this

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How is this audacious or shady in any way? Why should they get to keep money they did not earn? Forget about the fact they were laid off! They absolutely have the right to ask for the overpayments back!
efab says – reply to this

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this happened to me when i was laid off from HP. they sent a letter that they overpaid me $765… not a huge sum in the whole scheme of things… and they even sent a collection agency after me. this does NOT surprise me, sadly.
booznbabes says – reply to this

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M$ should be forced to buy everyone in America a mac for all they shit they've caused…