Square peg What this comment misses is the following basic principle - if Microsoft continues paying these employees just to "keep them on", even though the employees are no longer necessary, then Microsoft will no longer remain competitive, and more layoffs will be forced to come down the line, but that time it will be significantly more of the company. Oh and by the way, it's not good for the employee to be stuck in a rut in a job that serves no purpose just because the company decides to "put the interest of the employees first" and to continue paying them in perpetuity just because that's the "right thing to do", according to your philosophy. In that case, everyone loses - the company in the long run, as well as the employee who loses a sense of purpose and accomplishment.

Square peg What this comment misses is the following basic principle - if Microsoft continues paying these employees just to "keep them on", even though the employees are no longer necessary, then Microsoft will no longer remain competitive, and more layoffs will be forced to come down the line, but that time it will be significantly more of the company. Oh and by the way, it's not good for the employee to be stuck in a rut in a job that serves no purpose just because the company decides to "put the interest of the employees first" and to continue paying them in perpetuity just because that's the "right thing to do", according to your philosophy. In that case, everyone loses - the company in the long run, as well as the employee who loses a sense of purpose and accomplishment.

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