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Microsoft Corporation Layoff — September 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed July 6, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
605
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.3%
PLANNED DATE
Sep 4, 2026
CONFIRMED IN SOURCE
605 OF 228,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Redmond, WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on July 6, 2026.

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 recorded by the WA state workforce agency on July 6, 2026. The notice covers 605 employees in Redmond, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective September 4, 2026.

That is roughly 0.3% of the 228,000 people Microsoft Corporation employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 53 layoff events at Microsoft Corporation since January 2023, including 4,067 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 39 additional events known from news reporting.

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Official WARN notice
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Estimated figure based on a WARN filing. Not yet confirmed by Microsoft Corporation.

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Microsoft CorporationMSFT
Information Technology · 228,000 employees
53
EVENTS TRACKED
4,067
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED JUL 7, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 27, 2026