Hmm, I had a different experience during my 3 years at MS. On my team, people definitely got fired. Having worked at companies where getting fired is unheard of

Hmm, I had a different experience during my 3 years at MS. On my team, people definitely got fired. Having worked at companies where getting fired is unheard of, I really appreciated that the deadwood got shown the door. Although I must admit my experience at MS really does not match up with a lot of what I'm reading in this thread. I suspect my team was quite an outlier.