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Reading the Microsoft WARN Record

With 16 separate WARN Act filings in this dataset, Microsoft has one of the more extensive recorded layoff-notice histories, covering 20,156 workers from Jul 17, 2014 through Sep 8, 2025, and even that likely understates the real total (why). By total workers affected, Microsoft ranks #3 of 757 tracked employers in WA. Among the 8 other Information Technology employers with recorded WARN filings, the median is 2,550 affected workers -- Microsoft's 20,156 sits well above that group's typical scale. Every recorded filing was reported to WA's workforce agency, in the Information Technology sector -- a single-state footprint, unlike the multi-state pattern common among larger employers.

Averaging 1,260 workers per notice, Microsoft's filings fall into a pattern that resembles full-facility closures or company-wide restructuring, events that can reshape local labor markets for years. With 16 separate recorded filings, this is not an isolated event, the cadence of notices points to recurring workforce adjustment tied to industry cycles, merger integration, or capacity right-sizing.

Workers on WA-based Microsoft notices should contact the WA workforce agency directly, response teams, severance negotiation guidance, and TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance) screening move fastest in the days immediately following a notice. See what to do after a layoff for the full benefits timeline. This record reflects filed notices only; subsequent hiring, rescinded closures, or facility reopenings are not tracked by WARN disclosures.