More Microsoft Layoffs Without Pay, Shares Fall
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Microsoft's Surprising Layoffs: No Severance, Instant Benefits Termination
Microsoft has stunned the tech world by initiating performance-based layoffs with no severance pay and instant termination of benefits. These cuts focus on maintaining high-performance talent, affecting employees up to level 80, separate from other recent layoffs. The move has sparked widespread public backlash and ethical debates, with significant implications for Microsoft's employer brand and industry practices.
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Microsoft Takes Aggressive Approach with Performance-Based Layoffs, Some Employees Receive No Severance
In a bold move, Microsoft has started terminating employees based on low performance, marking a shift in the tech giant’s workforce management strategy. According to a recent report from Business Insider, the company has sent out termination letters to staffers whose job performance fell below the company’s minimum expectations. These actions reflect Microsoft’s growing drive to remain competitive in the fast-paced tech industry.
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India Times ☛ Microsoft layoffs go ‘harder’: Termination ‘effective immediately’ with no severance pay
Microsoft has initiated immediate job cuts due to performance issues, with impacted employees losing access to systems, buildings, and benefits
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HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ Microsoft Layoffs: Satya Nadella’s company fires employees with immediate effect, denies severance pay
Microsoft has started its performance-based job cuts which will lead to the affected employees losing their jobs with immediate effect and without any severance pay, according to a report by Business Insider.
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Mansueto Ventures ☛ Microsoft Starts Cutting Low Performers With Brusque Termination Letters
The tech giant is firing employees it says aren’t meeting productivity standards. The dismissal notices say they will lose benefits instantly, and may not get severance pay.
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Indian Express ☛ Microsoft cuts jobs over performance, revokes health benefits: Report
With just one month into 2025, US-based tech giants like Amazon, Meta, and others have started job cuts and cost-cutting measures. The latest to jump on the layoff bandwagon is Microsoft, which has reportedly started laying off people based on their performance.
According to Business Insider, which recently came across termination letters, employees who lose their jobs in this lay-off wave will lose their healthcare benefits immediately. Citing people familiar with the situation, the publication also claimed that in three cases, employees did not get severance.
“The reason(s) for the termination of your employment include your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position. You are relieved of all job duties effective immediately and your access to Microsoft systems, accounts, and buildings will be removed effective today. You are not to perform any further work on behalf of Microsoft,” one of the letters viewed by the publication states.
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Microsoft Adopts Tough Stance on Layoffs: No Severance Pay, Immediate Termination
Microsoft has initiated a wave of performance-based layoffs, terminating employees effective immediately without severance packages, according to internal termination letters obtained by Business Insider. This move is part of the company’s broader efforts to address underperformance while optimizing resources.
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Microsoft Stock Under Pressure: Should You Buy Amid Slowdown in Cloud Growth and OpenAI Challenges?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is facing a tough week on the stock market, with its share price down by 6% since the start of the week. The decline has raised questions about whether the tech giant remains a solid investment, especially as OpenAI’s competitive position and the company’s slowing cloud growth have taken center stage.