LayoffsWARN notice

Microsoft filed a WARN notice with Washington State for 40 workers in August 2025

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Published Oct 20, 2026 · 02:40 UTCReceived Aug 4, 2025

Workers40

Layoff start dateOct 3, 2025

SiteRedmond, WA

DivisionNot named

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

In August 2025, Microsoft filed a WARN notice with Washington State, the layoff notice a US employer sends a state, for 40 workers. The state's list names Redmond as the site and the type as a permanent layoff, and the 40 workers are the count for the whole notice. The state's list does not name a division of Microsoft. The notice is in the Washington Employment Security Department's WARN list, which shows the state received it on Aug 4, 2025 and gives Oct 3, 2025 as the effective date.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

How each figure was checked9 facts

company of the noticeMicrosoftOur database
workers of the notice40Our database
state of the noticeWashingtonOur database
received date of the noticeAug 4, 2025Our database
location of the noticeRedmondOur database
type of the noticeLayoff · PermanentOur database
what our records cover: coverage:layoff:189:sitesOur record of WARN notice 189 lists one site (Redmond) and one count, 40 workers, for the notice as a whole: it does not say that all of them work at that site, or where the others work.Our database
division of the noticedoes not name the division: filed by a company with companies under itOur database
effective date of the noticeOct 3, 2025Our database