Uncategorized You’re fired! Now give us back a few pieces of that golden parachute sharky @itworldca Published: February 23rd, 2009Microsoft was forced to take the embarassing step of asking some of its laid-off employees to return a portion of their severance package.According to a letter that was released to TechCrunch, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker is asking former employees for reimbursement, by check or money order, within two weeks. Those who do so will be entitled to a much more valuable Zune, the company said (no, not really).Reports indicated Microsoft was blaming the situation on an administrative error. Who knew Excel was so darn hard to use?Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Related Download Sponsor: Carbon60 Moving to the Cloud: Beyond the Myths Get on the road to cloud success by moving past the myths around it. Register Now Uncategorized