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They worked under a contract. The contract ended. They could have gotten another contract with Microsoft. But they could have gotten a contract with any other s
by cwyers 8y ago
They worked under a contract. The contract ended. They could have gotten another contract with Microsoft. But they could have gotten a contract with any other software company, too. Why didn't Lionbridge find another contract?
- weberc2 8y agoNot familiar with Lionbridge, but lots of contract companies pretty much serve one large, local company. It’s often hard to drum up work for a large number of contractors on demand.
- cwyers 8y agoIt's probably similarly hard for Microsoft, though, isn't it? It's not like their ending of the Windows Phone project opened up a bunch of vacancies in their other QA projects.
- weberc2 8y agoI agree. I was responding to your question, "Why didn't LionBridge find them more work?". If LionBridge principally works with Microsoft (as is common among contractors) and Microsoft cut QA work, then LionBridge likely couldn't find work for those contractors. This may be _especially_ true if those contractors were demanding a certain salary that is infeasible in LionBridge's market.
- geezerjay 8y ago> They worked under a contract. The contract ended. This sort of argument is disingenuous at best. Unless Lionbridge suddenly left the software development business and stopped hiring developers and testers, it is not possible to assume that these employees were fired just because the company went out of business.