“It’s not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise.”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, explaining how wishing and hoping will take care of the gender gap in pay, ReadWrite, 9 October 2014
Category: Microsoft
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT
““Jerry is a friend of the agency and Microsoft.”
Crispin Porter & Bogusky adman Rob Reilly, on the supposedly temporary disappearance of multimillion-dollar Microsoft pitchman Jerry Seinfeld, New York Times, 18 September 2008
HELL IN AN AD BASKET
“We are hell-bent and determined to allocate the talent, the resources, the money, the innovation to absolutely become a powerhouse in the ad business.”
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, getting the first part right, anyway, News.com, 26 July 2007
SO THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT “HARDWARE”
“In the past few months, we have been having to make Xbox 360 console repairs at a rate too high for our liking.”
Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft’s Xbox business, on taking a $1 billion-plus charge in order to learn that making hardware is actually kind of tricky, ABC News, 5 July 2007
THE REGULATOR-READY BUSINESS
“The regulators still win. That’s just the rule. All the more reason you want to be cooperative and make the government think they won.”
Microsoft lawyer Marshall Phelps, on how his company learned to roll over and play dead ever so convincingly, News.com, 28 June 2007
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