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It’s hard for a company convicted of monopolistic, anti-competitive behaviour to change its image, so naturally it was up to Microsoft’s nice Canadian GM to talk about its efforts to turn over a new leaf.
In an online discussion form, Phil Sorgen fielded all kinds of questions about what the world’s largest software company is doing around corporate social responsibility (CSR), from employees offering volunteer time to actual programs to benefit the community. The best part, though, was Sorgen’s ease at deflecting the obvious questions about Microsoft’s sincerity. Some gems:
1. “Your image and your reputation can be tarnished by your behaviour,” he said. Can they ever!
2. “We shifted from what some would call ‘random acts of kindness.’” Which were what, exactly?
3. “Young workers are looking for employers who are industry leaders, have high ethical standards, are innovative, have a strong corporate culture and are socially responsible.” Well, four out of five ain’t bad.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Y on earth would you need another Yahoo! mail account?
Recruiters always say it’s a bad idea to include e-mail addresses like sexygrrrrl69@yahoo.com, on your resume and since many Yahoo! staffers are probably looking for new jobs, the company announced two new “global domains” for its consumer e-mail service.
The company said it was expecting a huge rush on users signing up for ymail.com and
rocketmail.com, but Shark Tales is pretty sure there will be a few names that will remain free for some time, including billgates@ymail.com, steveballmer@ymail.com and rayozzie@ymail.com.
Not to be outdone, however, rumour has it that Google is already at work on a beta test of geemail.com.
