Microsoft files notice for 277 layoffs in Washington, listed under Redmond

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.

Microsoft has filed a WARN notice, a layoff notice a US state requires, for 277 workers, which Washington's list places in Redmond. Washington's Employment Security Department received the notice on Sep 22, and the layoffs, which the state lists as permanent, take effect on Nov 21. Our record holds a single date for it, Sep 22, which Washington's list gives as the day it received the notice. Our record of the notice does not name a division: it was filed by a company with companies under it.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9

The 277 is the count for the whole notice. In our records, the notice lists one site, Redmond, and one count for the notice as a whole, so it does not say how many of the workers are at that site or where the others work.2^,10^,11

In the 12 months to the end of Oct 20, the WARN notices we hold for Microsoft and the companies under it come to 1,261 workers in 4 notices. They include a notice for 605 workers, listed under Redmond, Washington, received on Jul 6 and effective Sep 4. They also include a notice from ZeniMax Media Inc. for 166 workers, listed at Rockville, Maryland, classed as a mass layoff with no recall, dated Jul 6 and effective Sep 4. ZeniMax Media is the parent of Bethesda Softworks, and of Arkane Studios, id Software and MachineGames.12^,13^,14^,15^,16^,17^,18^,19^,20^,21^,22^,23^,24^,25^,26^,27^,28^,29

Our records hold no WARN notice matched to the names of Microsoft or a company under it that is held back from view: every notice we match to them is counted. In our records, the Redmond notice is the state's published row, not Microsoft's letter, and we hold no stated reason for the layoffs and no street address. Our records hold no other notice of Microsoft or a company under it with the same date.30^,31^,32^,33