{"id":126144,"date":"2026-08-05T10:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/microsoft-retires-8-year-old-employee-tool-heres-hrs-message-on-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:36:03","slug":"microsoft-retires-8-year-old-employee-tool-heres-hrs-message-on-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/microsoft-retires-8-year-old-employee-tool-heres-hrs-message-on-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft retires 8-year-old employee tool; here&#8217;s HR&#8217;s message on shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is retiring its peer-feedback tool, Perspectives, after eight years of use.  The company is also simplifying its performance review system with fewer rating categories.  This change reflects a broader shift toward a more demanding work culture in tech.  Microsoft recently offered a voluntary retirement package to over 8,500 US employees.  The package includes healthcare, severance, and partial stock vesting for eligible workers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is retiring its peer-feedback tool, Perspectives, after eight years of use. The company is also simplifying its performance review system with fewer rating categories. This change reflects a broader shift toward a more demanding work culture in tech. Microsoft recently offered a voluntary retirement package to over 8,500 US employees. The package includes healthcare,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/microsoft-retires-8-year-old-employee-tool-heres-hrs-message-on-shutdown\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft retires 8-year-old employee tool; here&#8217;s HR&#8217;s message on shutdown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":126145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}