Wendy Turner-Williams thought she was on the verge of a promotion. Instead, the former chief data officer at Tableau got laid off. Turner-Williams is one of more than 57,000 tech… Read More
Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the economic downturn, but the manner in which the plan unfolded… Read More
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy publicly addressed the company’s widespread layoffs for the first time and revealed that the corporate workforce reduction will continue into next year. In a memo to… Read More
The Banana Stand, Spheres, restaurants, food trucks and mini dog park were all bustling on and around Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon. As employees ventured out during… Read More
As Amazon has started the process of laying off employees from its corporate and tech workforce this week, one senior executive appears to be among the first to address the… Read More
Layoffs began Tuesday at Amazon as the Seattle tech giant moved to slash potentially thousands of corporate and tech personnel from its ranks. Reports in The Washington Post and Business… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile marketplace operator OfferUp is laying off about 19% of its staff, joining a growing list of tech companies slashing costs amid a shaky economy. “We grew headcount… Read More
Meta, parent company of Facebook, Oculus, WhatsApp, and Instagram, will lay off 419 workers in Seattle and another 307 in nearby Bellevue as part of its broader cutbacks announced last… Read More
Amazon will become the latest technology company to make massive job cuts, laying off approximately 10,000 people in its corporate and technology workforce, according to a New York Times report… Read More
Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes is laying off employees for the second time in five months. “Building the world’s best home buying and selling experience can only happen if we… Read More
Redfin will wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and lay off employees for the second time this year as it cuts expenses in response to a slowing housing market. The… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. The Meta CEO and Facebook founder admitted this explicitly Wednesday morning, announcing the layoff of 13% of Meta’s workforce, or more than 11,000 people. “At… Read More
Twitter is laying off 208 Seattle-based employees, according to a new filing with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system. GeekWire reported last week that Seattle employees… Read More
Seattle-based trucking marketplace startup Convoy is doing another round of layoffs. It’s the latest tech company to trim headcount amid ongoing economic uncertainty and the possibility of a recession. In… Read More
Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 is the latest tech company to lay off employees. The company confirmed Friday that it’s cutting about 100 roles, or about 1% of… Read More
Leafly, the Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace, is cutting 56 positions, or 21% of its workforce, the company announced this week. In a move designed to “improve operating performance,” Leafly said… Read More
Elon Musk’s plan to purchase Twitter would bring with it massive cuts to the social media company’s workforce, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Citing interviews and… Read More
New York-based real estate brokerage Compass has laid off 84 employees based in Washington state as part of a reduction that largely targets the company’s technology workforce. In a filing… Read More
DreamBox Learning laid off an undisclosed number of employees this week, citing the need for a “realignment” at the Seattle-area education technology company. Founded in 2006, DreamBox sells software to… Read More
T-Mobile has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its network operations and engineering group, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier has confirmed. The company, which said in a statement… Read More
Hootsuite told employees on Tuesday that it would lay off 30% of its staff, becoming the latest tech company to reduce costs and extend runway amid the broader market downturn.… Read More
Vancouver, Wash.-based drug design and development company Absci laid off employees Tuesday, a little more than a year after going public. “The macro-economic conditions of the last few months prompted… Read More
Shelf Engine is the latest Seattle startup to cut its workforce. The company, which helps grocers manage food orders, confirmed to GeekWire that it laid off 43 employees due to… Read More
Seattle-based 98point6 recently laid off 10% of its workforce, but the telemedicine startup remains in “growth mode,” according to a human resources executive at the company. The company confirmed the… Read More
Rad Power Bikes is laying off 63 employees, citing an effort to be a more “self-sustaining business” amid the broader economic downturn. The Seattle-based e-bike company confirmed the cuts to… Read More
RealSelf, the Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform, laid off 11 employees, or about 4.7% of its workforce this week. Chief Marketing Officer Hailey Sullivan told GeekWire that the company restructured… Read More
Flyhomes is the latest tech startup to cut jobs. The Seattle real estate company laid off approximately 20% of its staff, a spokesperson confirmed to GeekWire. The company did not… Read More
The latest update to the GeekWire 200 rankings shows four newcomers to the top 10 and several startups making big moves up the list. Our index ranks the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More
Microsoft confirmed a “small number” of job cuts Tuesday morning, describing the move as part of a “strategic realignment” in specific areas of the company, and saying it plans to… Read More
Seattle-based data storage provider Qumulo laid off about 80 employees Wednesday, or roughly 19% of its staff, in the latest round of job cuts affecting tech companies. In a memo… Read More