Microsoft has initiated a wave of performance-based job cuts, with affected employees losing their jobs effective immediately and receiving no severance packages, according to termination letters ...

Microsoft has started firing its low-performance workers – and some of them have reported not receiving severance pay as the tech firm takes a more aggressive stance on its workforce.

Read the full termination letter here. ... Hugley’s termination was effective immediately, so Mayor Skip Henderson is taking a larger role working with the deputy city managers to fill the gap.