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Software development roles account for the largest share of the layoffs, with engineering management, program management, and technical product roles also hit hard. Read More
T-Mobile is laying off 393 employees spanning more than 200 different job titles, from analysts, engineers and technicians to directors and managers. Read More
The Seattle-based real estate company said the cuts — which represent about 2% of Zillow’s overall headcount — were part of the annual review process. Read More
A cloud of economic uncertainty is hanging over the region following big job cuts at Amazon and elsewhere. Some are calling it the scariest time since 2009’s Great Recession. Read More
A variety of roles will be impacted, including product managers, software development engineers, user experience designers, data engineers, content designers, and others. Read More
Amazon is laying off another 16,000 corporate employees globally, the company confirmed Wednesday morning, the second phase in a restructuring that now totals 30,000 positions — marking the largest workforce reduction in the company’s history. Read More
The heaviest hit facility is the Reality Labs office in Redmond, followed by the Spring District office in Bellevue, according to a state filing. Read More
“Ensuring as much of every dollar as possible flows toward impact is critical to achieving our ambitious goals to save and improve millions more lives over the next 20 years,” Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, said in a statement. Read More
The division — which employs roughly 15,000 people — has a strong presence in the Seattle area and is responsible for the company’s “metaverse” technologies that work in conjunction with augmented and virtual reality. Read More
Amazon filed a new layoff notice covering 84 Washington employees, but the cuts are unrelated to its October job reductions — stemming instead from a new state disclosure law. Read More
After 10 years, clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen has laid off most of its employees due to funding changes and is undergoing a “broader restructuring effort.” Read More
A generation of experienced tech professionals — directors, senior managers, etc. — are discovering that they aren’t immune to the widespread layoffs happening across Big Tech. Read More
A potential closure, detailed in a required state filing, would spell the end of the company and mark a stunning collapse for Rad Power Bikes, which was once Seattle’s highest-profile consumer hardware startup, riding pandemic-era e-bike demand to unicorn status. Read More
Philips Ultrasound is laying off 33 employees from its Bothell, Wash., facility, which serves as a hub for the manufacturing of ultrasound and other healthcare devices. Read More
Inventprise, a Redmond, Wash.–based biotechnology company developing vaccines for infectious diseases, is laying off 76 workers, according to a new… Read More
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s latest big round of layoffs — about 14,000 corporate jobs — wasn’t triggered by financial strain or artificial intelligence replacing workers, but rather a push to stay nimble. Read More
The layoffs of software engineers reflect a striking shift for an industry that has traditionally relied on coders to help build and maintain the backbone of digital platforms. Read More
Amazon will lay off 2,303 corporate employees in Washington state, primarily in its Seattle and Bellevue offices, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department that provides a geographic breakdown of the company’s 14,000 global job cuts. Read More
On social media and elsewhere, impacted employees and others reacted to Amazon’s decision to cut 14,000 corporate and tech workers across numerous divisions. Read More
Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it is cutting about 14,000 corporate jobs in an efficiency push expected to continue into 2026, impacting more jobs in the future. Reuters reported Monday that the number of layoffs could ultimately total as many as 30,000 people. Read More
The sweeping workforce reduction is intended to reduce expenses and compensate for over-hiring during the pandemic, according to a report from Reuters. Read More
The company did not disclose the number of employees affected or the number of remaining staff. The layoffs come less than a year after OfferUp cut 22% of its staff last December. Read More
