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Microsoft pivots toward Amazon's way of handling low performers — by paying them to leave
Microsoft's new performance improvement plan includes an option for employees to get paid to quit. It's similar to Amazon's ...
Microsoft to target low-performing employees with harsh policies
It later fired roughly 2,000 low-performing employees without severance. Microsoft rolls out a harsh policy. Now, it appears ...
Why Microsoft Just Tightened Its Policies for Firing Low Performers
After Meta took a big PR hit for its handling of recent layoffs, Microsoft spelled out what constitutes poor job performance. It’s a lesson for all business leaders.
Microsoft tightens policies for low performers, adds voluntary exit plan
In an internal email seen by Business Insider, Microsoft's new chief people officer Amy Coleman wrote about new and enhanced ...
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Microsoft gets stricter with low performers, rolls out new rules and exit policy
Microsoft has introduced a new set of internal policies aimed at tightening its performance management processes.