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REDMOND, Wash. — A few weeks after launching the first wide-scale layoffs in its history, Microsoft admits it screwed up a key part of the plan.
First, Microsoft realized that an administrative glitch caused it to pay more severance than intended to 25 laid-off employees. The company’s response: It asked the ex-workers for the money back. It has since thought better of that.
“I decided it didn’t quite feel right,” said Lisa Brummel, Microsoft’s senior vice president for human resources.
Microsoft also gave about 20 employees too little severance. When the company noticed its mistake, it sent checks and explanations to those people, she said. The Associated Press
