Finnish Government Criticizes Microsoft for Job Cuts,' Broken Promises'

[Johnw1104]

GoOnKid said:

Johnw1104 said:
I'm sure that was their intention, but they can't exactly stick with it if it's not catching on and is losing them money... While it always sucks to see people lose their jobs, the Finnish government getting all fussy like this is rather embarrassing... they act as if this was a charity and not a business venture.

I think they have all the rights to be fussed since Nokia is one of the best known finnish companies. For decades it made sure that lots of finnish employees had jobs and paid taxes. Now that MS decides to cut a big amount of them, it's the governments job to make up for that with no compensation whatsoever. They must clean up the mess that a stupid MS decision generated.

They have the right to be concerned or disappointed, but not nonplussed at what Microsoft has done here. Again, this isn't a charity. Microsoft decided to cut them because that venture (Nokia) has been failing, and Microsoft was losing money. To continue on funding that would be to subsidize a failed venture, and they'd have to make their cuts elsewhere in areas where they're seeing more success to compensate. It is precisely the opposite of a "stupid" decision; it was a necessary and practical one.

Microsoft doesn't owe Finland its tax money; to the contrary, if it meant so much to Finland they should have done more to keep Microsoft invested there. Whining like a bunch of children over it will not reflect well on them when trying to attract other big investors in the future.