U.S. Senator Charles Grassley from Iowa seems to think so. Read this ComputerWorld report about Microsoft Layoffs. We think that’s ridiculous. Layoffs should be based on one and only one thing – justified business need. This is exactly the kind of protectionist laws that I was talking about in the earlier post about Outsourcing. So what Sen. Grassley wants is that US workers, even the ones whose jobs are not needed anymore in Microsoft due to reducing sales etc. for the product that they work for, should be given preference over someone that works on a product that’s going to help Microsoft keep its competitive advantage. Way to go Senator.
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