Here are a few arguments: 1. 12k out of the 18k employees let go are from Nokia, hence not in US 2. Out of the 6k presumably US employees let go, we don't know

Here are a few arguments: 1. 12k out of the 18k employees let go are from Nokia, hence not in US 2. Out of the 6k presumably US employees let go, we don't know their functions: marketing, sales, etc. We just assume in bulk they are IT devs. 3. Nobody put on the table how many H1Bs does MS currently have on its workforce and at which annual rate do they bring in new H1Bs. It looks like MS has somewhere between 2-3k annual H1Bs. 4. Does anybody mention how many are H1Bs out of those 6k employees that were let go? Unless we discuss this with hard numbers in front of us, it is just arguing from our internal fears/demons.