Microsoft Lays Off 62 Test Engineers
Acting as if the company is in financial woes, Microsoft has laid off 62 of their core Windows testing team, instead outsourcing the jobs to India in an effort to save money.
“Microsoft is laying off 62 test engineers in the second round of cuts hitting Windows testers in the past five months.
The company has recently sent test work overseas, but a spokeswoman denied that’s a factor. She said automation, not globalization, led to the cuts.
Microsoft notified the employees Tuesday and Wednesday last week, and the layoffs took effect Friday. The testers were given the option of staying, with pay, for six weeks while they look for other jobs in the company. “
Read more at The Seattle Times.
*Edit – I had a couple people telling me my comments were just down right mean, so I removed them. I will let you be the judge, and will leave my bias out. Sorry for the comments.
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