Microsoft
LayoffWARN notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department
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Affected Positions
Microsoft eliminated 42 positions across its Redmond facilities and home offices in a September 2025 restructuring, touching product management, customer experience, program management, HR, gaming, and engineering roles up to M9 level.
These positions account for 41 of the 42 workers reported to ESD. The filing does not give a position breakdown for the remainder, so this table is a partial view rather than the full layoff.
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| Position | Category | Seniority | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate (Legal Counsel IC6, Compliance, Business Development M5, Business Program Management IC3, Real Estate Portfolio Management M6, Product Marketing IC5, eCommerce M7, Product Design M5, Technical Support Management M7) | Operations | Individual contributor | 9 |
| Product Management (IC2/IC5, M5/M7) | Product | Individual contributor | 8 |
| Customer Experience (Program Mgmt IC4/M6, Engineering IC3/IC4) | Customer Support | Individual contributor | 6 |
| Software Engineering (IC5, IC8, M6) / Site Reliability Engineering IC3 / Sourcing Engineering IC3 | Engineering | Individual contributor | 5 |
| Technical Program Management (IC3, M5, M6) | Product | Individual contributor | 4 |
| Business Support ATR-D | Administrative | Individual contributor | 3 |
| HR (Business Partnership M6 x2, Shared Services Support M9) | HR | Manager | 3 |
| Gaming (Game Producers IC3, Game Design M6) | Design | Individual contributor | 2 |
| Engineering General Management M9 | Engineering | Executive | 1 |
Positions extracted from the official notice document using AI; verify with the official ESD source record by employer and filing date.
More Notices from Microsoft
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| Filed | County | Workers | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2026 | King | 605 | Layoff |
| August 4, 2025 | King | 40 | Layoff |
| July 2, 2025 | King | 830 | Layoff |
| June 2, 2025 | King | 305 | Layoff |
| May 13, 2025 | King | 1,985 | Layoff |
| July 10, 2023 | King | 276 | Layoff |
| June 5, 2023 | King | 22 | Layoff |
| May 9, 2023 | King | 158 | Layoff |
| March 27, 2023 | King | 559 | Layoff |
| March 6, 2023 | King | 689 | Layoff |
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About WARN Notices
Washington law generally requires covered employers to provide 60 days' written notice for qualifying closures, mass layoffs, and certain reductions in hours. Thresholds and exceptions apply. Data on this page comes from Washington ESD's public WARN records. Search ESD's public WARN database.