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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 23, 2025

Microsoft Corporation Layoff — October 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
40
EFFECTIVE DATE
Oct 3, 2025
40 OF 228,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Redmond, WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice was filed on August 4, 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 August 4, 2025. The notice covers 40 employees in Redmond, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective October 3, 2025.

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 40 jobs in Redmond, WA on October 3, 2025. If you were part of this round, what was your experience? Others going through it are reading. You can post anonymously below.

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Technology · 228,000 employees
44
EVENTS TRACKED
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AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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