Re: [PEN-L] Microsoft's compensation strategy

2006-03-10 Thread Michael Perelman
Regarding Anthony's question about racism, which is all the more timely with the Dubai brouhaha, this is old hat for America. I come from the rust belt steel mill region. Steelmakers were extraordinarily successful in mixing races. Youngstown was, I believe, the second-largest Yemenite city in

Re: [PEN-L] Microsoft's compensation strategy

2006-03-10 Thread raghu
I don't understand the implications of this posting. I have been on a TV interview along with Courtney of Wash Tech. He is a reasonable guy and so am I. In fact one of the things he said to me off camera that I was first academic he has encountered who talked about social policies.

Re: [PEN-L] Microsoft's compensation strategy

2006-03-10 Thread ravi
At around 10/3/06 12:58 pm, raghu wrote: MS, I believe pays employees fairly generously including stock based compensation, and in fact sets the bar for the rest of the industry. The number of millionaires Microsoft has created over the years is something of a tech industry legend. How much

[PEN-L] Microsoft's compensation strategy

2006-03-09 Thread Eubulides
[the doc was handed to the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers] http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/library/MSCompGu.jpg [context below] http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/101869.asp