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Monday October 20, 2025. 05:38 PM , from TheRegister
Hiring and firing at the Windows giant more The Bachelor than Survivor
Microsoft has made headlines for mass layoffs in recent times, but former company engineer Dave Plummer has explained how things were done a quarter of a century ago – and what it was like living through the tech giant's notorious stack ranking system.…
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