RealSelf is the latest tech startup to cut staff as the COVID-19 crisis forces businesses across various industries to slash expenses in order to survive. The company did not say… Read More
For the past few weeks, GeekWire has been chronicling the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Seattle tech community and the world, including job cuts at companies seeking… Read More
Redfin will cut 7% of its staff and furlough hundreds of agents due to decreased housing demand amid the COVID-19 crisis. The Seattle real estate giant will slash 41% of… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based engineering bootcamp operator Coding Dojo is laying off staff and moving its education content online in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The company let go of seven employees… Read More
The layoffs continue hitting tech companies. Seattle marketing software startup Usermind said today it let go of 15 employees due to economic impact from the COVID-19 crisis. The cuts affected… Read More
Seattle-based startup Rover laid off 41% of its workforce today due to the economic impact and uncertainty from the COVID-19 outbreak. Rover put an additional 9% of staff on standby.… Read More
Maven, the Seattle-based media company that purchased publishing rights to Sports Illustrated last year, is laying off 31 employees (9% of its staff) due to the coronavirus crisis. CEO James… Read More
Textio, the Seattle startup whose augmented writing platform helps companies use language that attracts the right job candidates, laid off 30 employees on Friday, or 20 percent of its team.… Read More
Leafly laid off 91 employees Monday, just two months after eliminating 54 positions at the online cannabis brand. The Seattle startup that once employed about 300 now has 140 employees… Read More
When he launched his own startup more than two years ago, Chris Brownridge chased the same dream that attracts countless entrepreneurs. But when he shut down GawkBox last summer and… Read More
Expedia Group is laying off 12 percent of its workforce, about 3,000 employees, in an effort to “streamline and focus” the Seattle-based online travel giant under chairman Barry Diller following… Read More
Senior Aerospace AMT, an Arlington, Wash.-based supplier for the troubled 737 MAX and other Boeing airplanes, says it will lay off 72 employees starting in April. Word of the layoffs… Read More
Seattle-based cannabis information resource company Leafly today laid off 54 employees, or 18 percent of its workforce, GeekWire has learned. There were 33 people let go from the company’s Seattle… Read More
Zume is shutting down its Seattle engineering office amid widespread layoffs at the pizza making robotics company. The Bay Area-based startup is laying off 360 employees, or about 50 percent… Read More
Seattle startup Vicis officially eliminated the jobs of more than 100 employees on Friday, including its interim CEO, in the latest sign of problems at the high-tech football helmet maker.… Read More
NEW: Internal memo: Sports Illustrated publisher Maven blasts ‘me-first attitude’ in firing of top soccer journalist Grant Wahl Original story: Facing protests against its plans to cut staff at Sports… Read More
EnergySavvy’s entire Seattle engineering team was laid off after the company that acquired the oil-and-gas software and analytics startup was rolled up into a larger conglomerate, according to three current… Read More
Phytelligence, a Seattle startup behind a novel method of rapidly growing fruit trees, is shutting down just months before the launch of Cosmic Crisp, a highly anticipated new apple variety… Read More
Enterprise cloud services company Skytap is laying off 25 employees, or around 12 percent of its workforce, in an effort to “optimize” its operations, the company said Wednesday. The cuts… Read More
Online retailer Zulily has let go of an undisclosed number of employees as part of broader structural changes within the company, GeekWire has learned. A Zulily spokesperson confirmed the layoffs… Read More
Chinese tech giant Huawei is shedding 41 jobs at its Bellevue, Wash.-based engineering office, according to a notice filed with the state of Washington. Huawei said yesterday that it would… Read More
Amazon’s internal game development studio is letting go of dozens of game developers, according to a report from Kotaku on Friday. The news comes just a day after the conclusion… Read More
Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing that develops and manufactures drones, said it made a round of layoffs this week to stay competitive in an increasingly crowded market. Jennifer Beloy, a… Read More
Amazon is ending its contract with embattled security contractor Security Industry Specialists (SIS) in favor of two union-backed firms. SIS announced that it would shed more than 1,000 employees in… Read More
Financial heavyweight Capital One will close its Seattle office, in a move that could see up to 160 people laid off, GeekWire has learned. A Capital One spokesman confirmed the… Read More
Web.com, a 20-year-old small business marketing company, will shut down its Spokane, Wash. office and lay off 64 employees. A Web.com spokesperson confirmed the layoffs after the state’s Employment Security… Read More
The head of Providence St. Joseph Health’s digital innovation group, Aaron Martin, invited Reddit users on Friday to “Ask Me Anything” — and they didn’t hold back. Commenters quickly pushed… Read More
A pair of Nordstrom technology executives are leaving the company, and the chief technology officer plans to reorganize the retailer’s digital division in the latest shakeup of the Seattle-based company’s… Read More
Editor’s note: This story and headline were updated to reflect the WARN notice. ArenaNet, the video game maker behind Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, is laying off 143 employees… Read More
The same week North rolled into Seattle to show off its Focals smart glasses, the company cut a substantial portion of its workforce. RELATED: Worth seeing? We get fitted for Alexa-enabled… Read More