April 1st is April Fool's day, on which you may be teased or cheated. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, but Microsoft announced to ban April Fool's day this year, what's the matter? Because April Fool's day does more harm than good.
In an internal memo, Chris capossela, Microsoft's marketing director, warned employees that April Fool's day does more harm than good, claiming that the result is obvious, which is supported by research data.
Chris capossela, Microsoft's marketing director, wrote:
Hi, everyone,
It's a time of year when technology companies are trying to show their creativity with April Fool's Day stunts. Sometimes it turns out to be fun, sometimes it doesn't. Either way, the data tells us that these stunts have a limited positive impact and can actually lead to unnecessary news cycles.
Considering the disadvantages faced by the technology industry today,
I ask all Microsoft teams not to do any April Fool's day performance for the public.
I appreciate that people may spend a lot of time and resources on these activities, but I believe that on this day we will lose more while trying to get more fun.
Please forward it to your team and internal partners to make sure people are aware of the external activities that are required to ban April Fool's day.
The memo reminds us that today's Microsoft focuses on business and productivity and no longer provides entertainment similar to April Fool's day. This is not a joke.