Microsoft is giving low performers the option to voluntarily quit with 16 weeks of pay—rather than risk being put on a ...

Microsoft is implementing stricter performance management policies, including a two-year rehire ban for underperformers and ...

Microsoft has created new policies and tools for managers as the company dials up performance pressure on employees.

The development comes mere weeks after the tech giant fired around 2000 employees without severance pay after deeming them as ...

The email also says anyone on this performance improvement plan, or employees who fall under certain low performance metrics, is ineligible to apply for internal transfers to new jobs. Employees ...

In brief: Microsoft is cracking down on those employees it considers to be low performers. The Redmond company has laid out new policies and tools in an internal email to managers, which include a ...

The new policies follow a broader shift across the tech industry, where companies such as Meta Platforms (META, Financials) have also cracked down on low performers. Microsoft earlier this year ...