February 24, 2009
It's bad enough being sacked, but then to be told you must pay back some of severance pay you were given really takes the mickey.
That was the situation facing sacked Microsoft workers in the States. In a classic HR balls-up, they were told by their former employer that they had been overpaid and were then asked to cough up an undisclosed sum in return.
Apparently, others among the 1,400 made redundant were underpaid - which is much worse.
The IT giant has now relented and is eating a nice big slice of humble pie.
"This was a mistake on our part," said a Microsoft spokesman in an e-mailed statement. "We should have handled this situation in a more thoughtful manner."
You don't say.
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