Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Microsoft
20,761 workers across 17 WARN notices, primarily in WA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
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Microsoft has 17 recorded WARN filings affecting 20,761 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Microsoft has 17 recorded filings covering 20,761 workers across 1 state, primarily WA, the 7th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Microsoft accounts for 4.5% of Other Services's 460,348 WARN-laid-off workers across 3,497 tracked employers in the dataset — #3 in Other Services by workers affected.
How 20,761 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Microsoft city concentration · single-city dominant
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
92% of named-city WARN workers for Microsoft sit in Redmond (19,096 of 20,761).
Lead city Redmond · 92% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer MICROSOFT · Microsoft 20,761 workers · 17 filings
NOTC-MID · WORK-TOP · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-EXACT · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-LAYOFF
- NOTC-MID 17 filings
- WORK-TOP #7
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-EXACT 60d
- STAT-SINGLE WA
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-LAYOFF 17 layoffs
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Microsoft WARN filings · notice runway
Top 5 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Redmond, WA · Layoff · Information Technology 10,000 workers · filed Jan 18, 2023 · 0d runway
- Redmond, WA · Layoff · Other Services 1,985 workers · filed May 13, 2025 · 60d runway
- Redmond, WA · Layoff · Information Technology 1,900 workers · filed Jul 25, 2023 · 0d runway
- Redmond, WA · Layoff · Other Services 1,351 workers · filed Jul 17, 2014 · 60d runway
- Redmond and Bellevue, WA · Layoff · Other Services 830 workers · filed Jul 2, 2025 · 60d runway
Median forward runway across 17 dated filings: 60 days (4 under 60d · 13 at/above 60d · 2 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Microsoft WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2014 → 2023: WARN workers affected for Microsoft rose from 2,733 in 2014 to 14,221 in 2023; notice count rose from 3 to 8.
- 2023 → 2025: WARN workers affected for Microsoft fell from 14,221 in 2023 to 3,202 in 2025; notice count fell from 8 to 5.
- 2025 → 2026: WARN workers affected for Microsoft fell from 3,202 in 2025 to 605 in 2026; notice count fell from 5 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2026.
Where Microsoft Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Microsoft is in the 15k+ bucket (#7 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jul 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Sep 4, 2026
605
workers
Filed Jul 6, 2026
2025
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Nov 7, 2025
42
workers
Filed Sep 8, 2025
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Oct 3, 2025
40
workers
Filed Aug 4, 2025
Redmond and Bellevue, WA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 31, 2025
830
workers
Filed Jul 2, 2025
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 1, 2025
305
workers
Filed Jun 2, 2025
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Jul 12, 2025
1,985
workers
Filed May 13, 2025
2023
Redmond, WA · Information Technology
Effective: Jul 25, 2023
1,900
workers
Filed Jul 25, 2023
Redmond and Bellevue, WA · Other Services
Effective: Sep 8, 2023
276
workers
Filed Jul 10, 2023
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 4, 2023
22
workers
Filed Jun 5, 2023
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: May 26, 2023
158
workers
Filed May 9, 2023
Redmond and Bellevue, WA · Other Services
Effective: May 26, 2023
559
workers
Filed Mar 27, 2023
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: May 5, 2023
689
workers
Filed Mar 6, 2023
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Apr 10, 2023
617
workers
Filed Feb 9, 2023
Redmond, WA · Information Technology
Effective: Jan 18, 2023
10,000
workers
Filed Jan 18, 2023
2014
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Dec 28, 2014
635
workers
Filed Oct 30, 2014
Show 2 earlier notices (2014-2014)
2014
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Nov 17, 2014
747
workers
Filed Sep 18, 2014
Redmond, WA · Other Services
Effective: Sep 15, 2014
1,351
workers
Filed Jul 17, 2014
Questions about this Microsoft record
What is the largest Microsoft WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Redmond, WA on Jan 18, 2023, covering 10,000 workers in Information Technology.
Where were Microsoft's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Redmond and Redmond and Bellevue; together they form 17 mass-layoff filings sourced from Washington ESD and the public WARN archive. States represented in this record: WA.
Where is Microsoft's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
92% of named-city WARN workers for Microsoft sit in Redmond (19,096 of 20,761).
Does Microsoft's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2014 through 2026 across 4 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Microsoft's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway lands exactly on the federal 60-day baseline; verify the source dates before treating that timing as final. Of 17 filings on record, 2 without a published effective date are excluded from that figure.
See also: WA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Microsoft notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.