February 23, 2009 11:40 AM

Microsoft wants money back from some laid-off employees (READ FULL LETTER)

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Microsoft says it made an accounting mistake by overpaying severance to some of recently laid off employees is now asking for the money back.
 
The software giant, which recently laid off 1,400 employees, sent letters (see image below) this week to some of those former employees that informs them know that their severance payouts were a bit too "generous" and respectfully requested that they repay it back, according to a report Saturday on TechCrunch.
 
"An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment in severance pay by Microsoft," the letter states. "We ask that you repay the overpayment and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to you."
 
Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of the letter posted by TechCrunch.
 
Read the letter below:


msletter

stain

now that is not nice.

01:02 pm, Feb 23, 2009

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