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I was in the final stages of an interview with Microsoft two weeks ago, in partner marketing. Then the recruiter told me they were putting the hiring process on hold to assess the need for the role. Well, then we heard about Microsoft layoffs last week. Seems like most were in Xbox and Project Alpha but there’s not a lot of information out there. Should I hold out any hope that I’m going to get this job? Any insights on how much these layoffs have impacted the marketing org and/or new hiring?
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Do finance teams sometimes confuse control with value-add? I’ve seen a lot of effort spent tightening rules that don’t actually improve decisions.
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That’s fair
Often margin erosion occurs because of tiny paper cuts so controls stop that. At the end of the day, finance owns fraud prevention, spend integrity, and process traceability. They might be saying “you have to book your hotel on Concur even though it’s cheaper on Priceline” because they need access to where all employees are when traveling, because it reduces fraud risk, because the tiny savings you get on your hotel room doesn’t offset what the lose on rebates from Hilton for not hitting their minimum dollar cap etc.