Microsoft puts some ousted employees on a 2-year block list and counts that as 'good attrition,' internal document shows

Microsoft is embracing two controversial management approaches that suggests the software giant is getting tougher on employees. There are no goals for this "good attrition" metric at present — or at least BI has not uncovered any yet. However, this is already being reviewed at the executive level and appears to be becoming more of a focus as the company dials up performance expectations, two Microsoft managers told BI. They asked not to be identified discussing internal matters. A Microsoft spokesperson de ...