they aren't afraid to be blunt and say "Hey, you can get rid of your staff if you go with this". During the release of, I think, Windows 2008, Microsoft put ou

they aren't afraid to be blunt and say "Hey, you can get rid of your staff if you go with this". During the release of, I think, Windows 2008, Microsoft put out an ad campaign that showed the IT staff doing the congo and other non-work things. It was a fun, upbeat message about how it made things so much easier. Only the real, unavoidable message was to HR and the executive -- give us some cash and you can start sending out the layoff notices. I'm not judging Microsoft for that -- they've forever boasted that if you go with Microsoft stuff you can pay your employees less -- and efficiency is good for everyone. It was just such a bizarre ad, and seemed to be like one of those dark side Skittles ads, but minus the awareness of what it really was.