#246 Don't Ask Fired Workers To Return Part of the Severance

Oops: Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers To Send Back Part Of Their Severance because they claim a clerical error overpaid them.

To which I'd say, if I were one of the fired, go suck a big fat egg, Microsoft. You screwed up and you get nothing back.

The gall of Microsoft to do this is astonishing and really stupid of them. They will get nothing but terribly PR out of it and it will end up costing them far more than the clerical error. They could have capitalized on it and played it off better. By saying, "Hey we screwed up but our screw up is your gain. Please keep the extra money in your severance package as an unintended gift."

That would have bought them loads of goodwill rather than the shitstorm of amazed anger. Nice work, Microsoft.

Rule #246 is Don't Ask Fired Workers To Return Part of the Severance