Microsoft laying off 27 employees in Redmond and Bellevue

Microsoft is laying off 27 employees in Redmond and Bellevue, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department. The departmentreceived a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) from the company about the layoffs, which are scheduled to take effectNov. 1.

The company said in January it was planning to eliminate 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, while still creating 2,000 to 3,000 new jobs. After two rounds of cuts this year, Microsoft said it was mostly, but not completely, done with the layoffs.