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Microsoft will make adjustments to Azure pricing in British pound (22% increase)
- Bombthecat 10y agoI know a ton of IT firms which moved from Germany to UK because of less job protection there and less hassle to work 24/7. I wonder how they will react now for the upcoming price increases everywhere and probably UK leaving the EU.
- pawadu 10y ago> less hassle to work 24/7 what does that mean?
- adwww 10y agoPresumably the UK's opt out of Working Time Directive - http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/articles/working-time-developments-in-eu-and-national-regulation http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/article...
- arethuza 10y agoProbably easier to 'persuade' employees to work longer hours in the UK than in Germany.
- astannard 10y agoI remember after joining a nameless company here in the UK and filling out all the paperwork. Someone from HR came over to me to explain I had missed filling out a form. I asked which form and they replied the Working Time directive opt out. I explained that 48 hours was more than enough time to do my job and that I had deliberate not signed it. They looked at me confused and then went away. It annoys me when they assume you should fill it it like that though.
- gregjwild 10y agoYes. I had the same situation when starting a job a few years back... the managers just seemed confused that I'd bothered to take the time to understand what I'd meant more than anything. Guess they were just used to hiring people for their ability to follow instructions to the letter.
- sqldba 10y agoThey didn't refuse to hire you?
- astannard 10y agoNo, that would be illegal, it's up to you as an individual if you are prepared to work more hours. They cannot legally force you to.
- shubb 10y agoIf they are billing customers in euros or dollars, the azure price stays the same - it's gone up because the pound has gone down. UK wages in pounds will probably stay the same, so for an international customer the price of labor here will go down by 20%. The losers are people here who are going to watch food and utilities prices increase much faster than their wages.
- taspeotis 10y agoPrevious discussion [1] Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent over Brexit (engadget.com) 10 points by benjyclay 37 days ago [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12777877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12777877
- MichaelBurge 10y agoI would expect people to buy data centers and hardware by borrowing money. These loans should be denominated in British Pounds in Britain. So if anything, it seems like Microsoft should be getting a great deal since their debt is being inflated away. No reason not to raise the prices if the market will bear it, but I wonder if Brexit is actually a great help to their short-term profit margin?
- tobltobs 10y agoPick one possible advantage ("should be denominated in British Pounds") and discard all obvious disadvantages (energy costs, rent)?
- rcarmo 10y agoSomeone should coin the term "Brexit effect". Everything is quickly becoming more expensive in he UK.
- tomtoise 10y agoI prefer #BrexitBritain myself. Nice play on the whole #BrokenBritain hashtag.
- neverminder 10y agoOr #GreatBrexitain
- XzetaU8 10y agoTell that to Google http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/11/15/google-to-create-3000-more-uk-jobs-in-major-boost-for-london-tec/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/11/15/google-to-c...
- k-mcgrady 10y agoThings are likely going to be a lot less regulated in the UK in 5 years. I'd guess that's why Google is increasing it's presence.
- rahrahrah 10y agoIf you're talking about their office in King's Cross, that decision was made at least 3 years ago. It's not a consequence
- k-mcgrady 10y agoYeah I was going to put in my comment that it's likely this was decided long before Brexit, thanks for clarifying. In general though I feel that if we do start to see an increase in investment an expectation of decreased regulation is going to be the reason.
- deviate_X 10y agoIt's not just tech good which are getting ~20% price increases but general goods like food, DIY, curtain and everything really, as companies start restocking they have no choices but to increase prices.
- gregjwild 10y agoheh. The UK government has a lot of infra based on Azure. The MOD and NHS for starters. Smooth. Very smooth. Another indicator that the rabid, vulgar libertarians in the Brexiteer ranks are more than happy to use Brexit to strain public services more in order to justify private services. Man oh man am I glad to be paid in dollars working remotely for a US company right now.
- shubb 10y agoAnd imagine the inducements they must have offered MS to build a datacenter here. UK.gov actually has a semi-inhouse cloud called Crown Hosting that might win new business from Azure. They don't offer the functionality needed to produce an infrastructure that adapts to load but that doesn't matter - gov clients don't really get cloud and typically want static computer systems duplicating an on prem infrastructure without the support costs.