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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 23, 2025

Microsoft Corporation Layoff — August 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
305
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.1%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Aug 1, 2025
305 OF 228,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Redmond, WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice was filed on June 2, 2025.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.

Summary

Microsoft Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the WA state workforce agency on June 2, 2025. The notice covers 305 employees in Redmond, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective August 1, 2025.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 228,000 people Microsoft Corporation employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 44 layoff events at Microsoft Corporation since January 2023, affecting a combined 84,418 employees.

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Anonymous by default. Be kind — people reading this may be going through it right now.

LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff21 hours ago

Microsoft Corporation cut 305 jobs in Redmond, WA on August 1, 2025. What did this look like from the inside — which teams, how much notice, what severance was offered? You can post anonymously below.

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Technology · 228,000 employees
44
EVENTS TRACKED
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