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Microsoft announces another mass layoff impacting 9,000 workers

FOX13 News | Seattle & Western Washington | Formerly Q13 News
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Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months .

The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday .

The company declined to say how many people would be laid off but said it will comprise less than 4% of the workforce it had a year ago .

Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June .

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