Jan. 1, 2016, is marked on many calendars — and weighing on many minds — at Microsoft these days. The date marks the end of the first 18-month period since Microsoft instituted its policy requiring “external staff” to take a six-month break after every 18 months on the job. The new rule is a major shift for the tens of thousands of contractors, vendors and other contingent staff who work for the company through outside firms — people commonly known as “orange badges” on the Microsoft campus. It’s also a big change for the “blue badges,” the internal Microsoft teams that have historically relied heavily on external staffers… Read More
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