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Oops. Not the kind of PR MSFT needs..
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Monday said it goofed in trying to get back money it overpaid departing employees in severance packages and sent word to the former workers to keep the cash.
The US software giant said that last week it told 25 recently-departed employees they had accidentally been paid too much in severance and that the overages should be returned to the company.
"This was a mistake on our part," a Microsoft spokesman said Monday in response to an AFP inquiry.
"We should have handled this situation in a more thoughtful manner. We are reaching out to those impacted to relay that we will not seek any payment from those individuals."
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