Competition: Microsoft bumps pay to keep ‘top talent’

Salary raises at Microsoft come as Internet titans and fledgling startups compete for software and hardware engineers.


Afp April 23, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft is raising pay for employees to retain “top talent” in the fiercely competitive market for skilled technology workers. “This is as true today as it has been at any time in our history, and the changes we’re rolling out today will help ensure Microsoft continues to be the place that top talent comes to change the world,” said Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in a statement.

The raises come as Internet titans and fledgling startups compete for software and hardware engineers.

The Internet giant announced in January that it will hire more than 6,000 workers “across the board and around the globe.”



Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2011.

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