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0 pointstmotwu4y ago0 comments

On salaries, I'm really confused - I'm telling you it exists. Heck, it even got media coverage: https://onezero.medium.com/leaked-salary-spreadsheet-reveals.... Do you know anybody getting fired for starting one?

When I was there, I can't even recall someone getting fired for any reason - lots of employees have been there for decades and not at all 1) keeping their head down or 2) worried about job security. I have no idea where the stigma comes from of Microsoft employees keeping their heads down, or why they would have any reason to? And especially, I really cannot recall Microsoft firing anybody for voicing ethical concerns - so why in the world would employees feel like they would be putting their job on the line?

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mav3rick4y ago

'By the last day of August 2020, 310 employees had added their data to the spreadsheet. Microsoft employs more than 150,000 employees around the world.'

You don't say.

tmotwuOP4y ago

150,000 employees are not all L5x-L7x leveled or engineers. Not everything in the world gets leaked, so we're only addressing one leaked spreadsheet - of many.

Your original claim was that people get fired for this within the week. I refuted that I don't recall any sort of event. There weren't announcements for mass firings of 310 employees. If you have more details on this, please share. You seemed very convinced of your initial claims on how Microsoft reacts to contentious acts by employees against the company, so I imagined it must be evidence based. I really would like to know.

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