Microsoft wants some of its severence pay back

[DaemonSeid]

Talk about adding insult to injury. Apparently Microsoft has inadvertently overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, and is now asking for some of the money back. It’s unclear how many of the 1,400 employees laid off last month were affected, but we’ve confirmed that it wasn’t a single isolated incident (we’ve contacted Microsoft for a response). We’re also hearing that some employees may have been underpaid as well.

While the payroll error must be irritating in and of itself to these laid off workers (severance is a sensitive subject), it appears that Microsoft HR isn’t even bothering to explain how it happened (employees are instructed to call the office, which is closed for the weekend, if they want to know the details). Given that it was Microsoft HR that screwed this up in the first place, you’d think they’d at least include the calculations they made and point out where the error took place.


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And if they don't get it, they will find out where you live and install an unpatched, uninstallable, early version of Windows Vista onto your machines...so give it back.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And if they don't get it, they will find out where you live and install an unpatched, uninstallable, early version of Windows Vista onto your machines...so give it back.

That's just cruel.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

That's just cruel.

Hey, not their fault the payroll office was using Microsoft Money

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And if they don't get it, they will find out where you live and install an unpatched, uninstallable, early version of Windows Vista onto your machines...so give it back.

I have Windows Vista. So they're going to uninstall it?

[PhiGam]

I like vista a lot.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I like vista a lot.

Slave

[Thetagirl218]

Apparently they are not requiring people to pay the money back...

it said request not required