The worst bit of the process was the hypocritical way in which Steve Ballmer addressed the London staff in public at the very start of that year basically stating that Microsoft had enough money in the bank to weather the storm and continue to pay the wages and that NOBODY was at risk of redundancy. However only a few weeks later some very tallented people were culled in a political and not fair manner where tellent that had an opinion was axed and worthless yes men and ‘famuly friends’ were kept on.

Still, One year down the road i’m glad it hapenned as I’m in a much more challenging role on a better salary and with better prospects now so in a strange twist… thank you Steve for the kick up the backside I needed.

It's probably a hefty amount of talent too. They could launch a killer company. The one regret I have from when I was made redundant (in 2002) was not keeping in contact with everyone.