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Firing and Hiring in Redmond

Well, it's more laying off than firing, really, but it was interesting to read this week that Microsoft, which is so famously laying off 5,000 workers over the next 18 months or so, will also be hiring a couple thousand people during that time frame. We'll let the executives, accountants, lawyers and HR people sort all that out.

Posted by Lee Pender on February 03, 2009


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