In the telling recollection of former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, the company's 1990s talent machine looked less like a nurturing incubator and more like a high-stakes gauntlet: merciless interviews up front, strict role-fit triage inside, and a blunt performance architecture that either...
Microsoft is once again stirring the corporate cauldron, this time with a bold new way to deal with underperforming employees: by dangling a golden carrot and saying, "It’s fine if you leave… here’s a payout." For those keeping score at home, that’s a tactic borrowed straight from the Amazonian...
