[ronbenton]

Microsoft’s continuous firings over the past few years has put a tremendous amount of pressure on employees to demonstrate value. I have observed H1B holders especially affected by this pressure as getting laid off in this economy may well result in getting kicked out of the country. Pretty shameful stuff.

[_bypa]

Shameful yes, but entirely expected from corporations that only care about profits. Sorry, shareholder value.

[ronbenton]

No doubt. They’ll only care about an employee dropping dead from stress if it causes enough negative press to affect shareholder value.