Thursday, September 17th, 2026, 6:25 am
Microsoft Layoffs in September and October 2026
Silent layoffs
here are LOTS of Microsoft layoffs right now. Insiders know it, but they cannot speak about it (too risky). Media does not report these. It’ll conveniently – in an arse-covering fashion – dismiss that as “rumours” and say, no WARN notices. But Microsoft bypasses the law. It says, “we’ll fire you unless you agree to this ‘voluntary exit’ agreement, then sign an NDA to keep quiet and outwardly happy about it.”
Same for PIPs and LITE.
IBM and Microsoft have TENS OF THOUSANDS of layoffs this year. Unlike Oracle, they hide these.
Below are articles from 2026:
| 2026-02-19 |
Mass Layoffs (But Silent Layoffs) Still Happening in IBM, You Need Only Look Closely (There Are NDAs, PIPs, ‘Early Retirement’ Sweeteners and IBM – Like Microsoft – Skirts the WARN Act) |
| 2026-03-11 |
Quiet Layoffs or Silent Layoffs Alleged at Microsoft |
| 2026-03-13 |
Reminder: Microsoft silent Layoffs by RTO (Commute Time and Lack of Comfort/Work Satisfaction) Already in Effect This Year |
| 2026-03-14 |
Layoffs in Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft’s LinkedIn |
| 2026-03-23 |
Microsoft Downgraded on Concerns (Lack of Growth) Amid Silent Layoffs in 2026 |
| 2026-03-26 |
Microsoft’s “Silent Layoffs” in Slop Clothing |
| 2026-03-26 |
Microsoft Lost 31% Of Its Alleged “Value” in Five Months, Then It Got Downgraded |
| 2026-05-29 |
Silent Layoffs at Microsoft in 2026 |
| 2026-06-27 |
Left IBM After Many Years, Came to Microsoft/XBox, Now Silent Layoffs at XBox |
| 2026-06-27 |
Next Week’s “Bloodbath” at Microsoft Includes “Silent Layoffs” (Which Microsoft Won’t Count) |
| 2026-07-01 |
“Regular Silent Layoffs and PIPs” at Microsoft, According to Microsoft Insider |
| 2026-07-02 |
Silent Layoffs, ‘Happy’ Layoffs, and ‘Buyouts’ (Pretending to Voluntarily Retire) |
| 2026-07-18 |
PIP-Styled Mass Layoffs Allegedly Coming to Microsoft by 12 August 2026 |
| 2026-07-28 |
At Microsoft, PIPs Are Sometimes Known as “LITE” (a Silent Layoffs Legal Hack or a Shrewd Workaround to Skirt WARN Act) |
| 2026-08-01 |
August 2026 Microsoft Layoffs Are “Secret Layoffs” or “Silent Layoffs” |
| 2026-08-04 |
Rumours of Silent Layoffs in Microsoft This Month (August 2026), PIPs and Global Voluntary Separation Agreement (GVSA), aka “Buyouts” |
| 2026-08-13 |
‘Voluntary’ Layoffs (a Form of Silent Layoffs): Microsoft Global Voluntary Separation Agreement (GVSA) in August 2026 and September 2026 |
| 2026-08-15 |
Microsoft Silent Layoffs This Month (PIPs and More “Buyouts”, Driving Out the Workforce), According to Insiders |
| 2026-08-30 |
Microsoft Layoffs Perpetual But Silent, People Pushed Out Using Pressure or Incentive Schemes |
| 2026-09-03 |
Microsoft “engineers who aren’t critical are let go” this week/month (silent layoffs) |
| 2026-09-06 |
Links 06/09/2026: More XBox Trouble (Microsoft Unrest, Many Silent Layoffs This Month), John Duffy as Next USPTO General Counsel |
| 2026-09-08 |
Microsoft’s Silent Layoffs Are the New Normal at Microsoft |
| 2026-09-14 |
Apple’s iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30% |
| 2026-09-15 |
Microsoft Layoffs in September 2026 Are Silent, Hidden |
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