The tech industry’s layoffs and hiring freezes: all of the news
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Microsoft’s ‘performance-based’ cuts have started.
Following up on an earlier report, Business Insider reports some Microsoft employees have been let go with letters citing “your job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations for your position,” and several reported receiving no severance.
Asked about the plan earlier this month, Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw said, “...When people are not performing, we take the appropriate action.”
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