At the end of the day I don’t think the justification or excuse is important. It’s a “vote with your feet” scenario.
In Edge of course, regardless of what your default web browser setting is.
They have a lot of bing integrations that need building across all of their money faucet divisions.
Companies rarely pay based on contribution. They pay based on what it takes to keep someone from hiring you away.
The price of anything must be higher than the cost to produce, but the market value has little to do with margin
I agree with this entirely.
A business like Microsoft's is always a money-grab competition between shareholders, customers, non-executive employees, and executives.
I can't recall a single occurrence (in my experience) that management's rhetoric to employees was a substitute for cash, stock, and/or a contract.
In fact, that rhetoric would just sour me on management, because I take it as evidence that they're playing employees for fools. If you want employees to invest in the company's future, offer stock, not platitudes.
And Microsoft, just like the other big tech firms, do make equity an important part of compensation, don’t they? https://www.cordantwealth.com/microsoft/full-guide-to-micros...
This seems like a perfectly good market for voting with your feet.
Do you mean mandatory work from office?