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A certain very large computer company that I used to work for told us that Microsoft's payroll was done on one of their mainframe computers but that MS would never admit that.
Did MSFT tell employees they getting X and then pay them some greater amount Y, or did they pay them Y and later told them they should have been told X? If it's the former, this seems like SOP--when this happened to me, I didn't even get a letter. My employer used their right under the direct deposit agreement to suck the money right back out. If it's the later, that's shitty of MSFT.
What will you say? That you think Microsoft should pay people more than both parties agreed to in their severance agreements? It seems like that was the case.
mullacc, it is important to hate Microsoft because they are a corporation that makes money and refuses to feel guilty about it. They should be more like Apple. Its OK for Apple to make money because they're not Microsoft and they're cool. Clear enough?
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