Large Round of Layoffs Expected at Microsoft. So much for the tech sector,

[CK_John]

being the backbone of this economy.

Time for Soc Sec at age 50, and there are no exceptional excuses.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/microsoft-layoffs-expected-thursday/

[Warren Stupidity]

1. The tech sector is booming but the PC era is coming to an end.

MSFT's dominance is over and they need to refocus. Not that PC's are going away, or MSFT, but the huge annual growth of PC sales is over and innovation and growth is all about mobile, cloud, apps, and data.

[RKP5637]

3. Exactly, they are as common, so to say, as refrigerators now ... there was the exponential rise,

but that need has been met and often many do not need the latest and greatest, so there is a good supply at hand. Now, the growth curve is pretty much asymptotic.

[PSPS]

4. Not quite right

If there were new businesses coming along, they would need and acquire computers. I think the Windows 8 fiasco plays a role in this as it exemplifies the wrong direction Microsoft has chosen.

They have also abandoned the small business market with their server packages opting, instead, to push their monthly-fee "cloud" which few businesses are enthusiastic about for security reasons (as well as cost.) Business at Kerio is booming because of this.

[RKP5637]

5. Good points!

[RKP5637]

2. The entire concept of what consistories a job, what employment means and how

people serve the needs of a country ... and financially survive, needs to be reworked for the 21st century.

I'm sure there are brilliant economists that have solutions ... but given the collective political climate in the US today, I have no idea how brilliant thinking will shine through the muck.

With increasing population, dwindling resources, ever increasing worker productivity and longer life spans, the model used for eons can not work.

Mature minds could think it through, but sadly many of our elected officials are highly immature and IMO a number lack the skill sets to accomplish this task.

[TheMastersNemesis]

6. Workers Are Just Economic Cannon Fodder Now. Just Expendable Tools To Use & Lose

[MohRokTah]

8. Employees are the fastest way to get expense off the books in a culture that is driven by...

quarter over quarter profit growth.

[MohRokTah]

7. Anybody who followed the Windows 8 fiasco saw this coming a mile away.

Still not good, but they screwed the pooch on Windows 8.

Then you have to add in the poor XBox One sales and the Nokia acquisition. Sounds like they'll be RIFfing one employee for each employee gained in that acquisition.