http://www.king5.com/news/local/Microsoft-worker-denied-paid-leave-for-brain-surgery-120323299.html Next Friday, Knightley, a 44-year-old father of two, is having brain surgery to stop the debilitating headaches associated with his tumor. But, Microsoft is refusing to pay him during his three month short term disability leave.
This is like something out of one of
Dickens' novels. It would serve them right if Apple started recruiting away their best programmers -- and those programmers just might have a good reason to make the switch.