> You're effectively trying to say that everyone at Microsoft deserves a pay cut and that their salary is unjustified Key employees and high performers will be

> You're effectively trying to say that everyone at Microsoft deserves a pay cut and that their salary is unjustified Key employees and high performers will be rewarded at MS and elsewhere. It just won’t be announced in a press release. If you want to disagree with me or think that what I say is bullshit, that’s fine. The market will have the final say. I’m just a pundit on a message board. Imho, this move by MS, which will probably be followed by others, is just them exercising their options on their side of the labor market. If folks don’t like it, they can leave and/or change careers. There will almost certainly be a little bit of collateral damage, but I imagine that most of the high value-add people will be happy with their pay packages while keeping their mouths shut.