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RE: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments
Why is it well deserved? Since when is it ok if someone is given something that is not theirs on accident it means it is their right to keep it? I have been overpayed before, and returned the overpayment out of my own volition.

This is indicative of the society we live in, where people believe everything that is a privilege is instead a right. Did MS screw up? Most certainly. Should the former employees return what is not rightfully theirs? Most certainly. If you lost a job at MS, you lost it because you had very little purpose there. Their severances where already generous. Microsoft did not need to layoff people, they chose to use this 'crisis' as an excuse for much needed house cleaning. They are not obligated to not fire people, thank god, they are not stuck under horrific unions.
Posted by: cowatson   Posted on: 02/23/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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So, Microsoft's effort were...  MGP2 | 02/23/09
RE: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments  cowatson | 02/23/09
Nice to see  mdemuth | 02/23/09
well deserved  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/09
So is it fair to the one's that weren't overpaid?  John Zern | 02/23/09
Shouldn't the other laid-off also get extra payments?  mlindl | 02/24/09
Mediocre?  GuidingLight | 02/24/09
RE: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments  nospam@... | 02/23/09
why the hell was I discriminated.  BrutalTruth | 02/23/09
Ooh look, aren't we nice happy  Amelioration | 02/24/09
Greed  MissingMatter | 02/24/09
Ethics  MissingMatter | 02/24/09
Well ..... DUH!!!!  James Quinn | 02/24/09
Congrats to the unscrupulous!  ejhonda | 02/24/09
"Un" or "Different" ?  James Quinn | 02/24/09
Nicely put BUT...  JT82 | 02/24/09
You assume too much....  James Quinn | 02/24/09
Strange  rapson | 02/24/09
Not strange at all.....my friend:P  James Quinn | 02/24/09
Then your ignorant of the system  JT82 | 02/24/09
Family?  James Quinn | 02/24/09
You're missing the point  JT82 | 02/24/09
I think we both miss certain points  James Quinn | 02/24/09
Let the lawsuits roll...  JT82 | 02/24/09
They can file  CrashPad | 02/24/09
People will try..  JT82 | 02/24/09
Not going to work  Rottman3D@... | 02/24/09
Now that the truth comes out...  wolf_z | 02/24/09

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