Talk about adding insult to injury. Apparently Microsoft has inadvertently overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, and is now asking for some of the money back. It’s unclear how many of the 1,400 employees laid off last month were affected, but we’ve confirmed that it wasn’t a single isolated incident (we’ve contacted Microsoft for a response). We’re also hearing that some employees may have been underpaid as well.
Oops: Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers To Send Back Part Of Their Severance
I know that many of you have already seen this, a bit old as it came out yesterday - BUT - The comment thread on this alone is hilarious. I think that Microsoft will probably be out of luck on recovering the money without it going to some sort of collections route.
