Articles about tech layoffs

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, about 2% globally, revamps salesforce and launches massive Xbox overhaul

Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs and overhauling its Xbox gaming business in what its new gaming CEO calls the biggest restructuring in Xbox history, while reshaping its sales and consulting division amid record AI spending and a 30% stock slide. Read More

Microsoft set for new round of job cuts next week, spanning Xbox, sales and consulting

Microsoft is preparing another round of layoffs, spanning Xbox, sales and consulting, as it holds down operating costs while pouring more than $100 billion into AI infrastructure. Read More

Expeditors cuts 230 tech jobs in Seattle region, ending decades-long policy against layoffs

The layoffs hit software developers, quality-assurance testers, project managers, business analysts and others across Expeditors’ offices in downtown Seattle, Bellevue, Lynnwood and Federal Way, according to laid-off employees and others with knowledge of the situation. Read More

Amazon confirms 16,000 more corporate job cuts, bringing total to 30,000 since October

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

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The stories that defined 2025: AI dreams, brutal realities, and Seattle tech at a turning point

The past year may go down as one of the most consequential in technology history — in Seattle and beyond. On this special year-end episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we look back at the stories that defined 2025, from AI’s rapid rise and massive infrastructure bets to layoffs, shifting tech jobs, and what it all means for Seattle’s future. Read More

Filing: Amazon cuts 84 jobs in Washington state, unrelated to broader layoffs

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

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Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

Amazon’s latest layoffs collide with an AI boom that’s reshaping Seattle’s tech scene. On this week’s GeekWire Podcast, we unpack Andy Jassy’s “startup” logic, debate whether AI is a true revolution or a bubble, and question the promise of Cascadia high-speed rail. Read More

tech layoffs

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, about 2% globally, revamps salesforce and launches massive Xbox overhaul

Expeditors cuts 230 tech jobs in Seattle region, ending decades-long policy against layoffs

Amazon confirms 16,000 more corporate job cuts, bringing total to 30,000 since October

Filing: Amazon cuts 84 jobs in Washington state, unrelated to broader layoffs

Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

Microsoft cuts 42 more jobs in Redmond, continuing layoffs amid AI spending boom

Microsoft cuts 830 jobs in Washington state — less than 10% of latest global layoffs

Microsoft isn’t done cutting jobs yet: Report says sales roles are next on the chopping block

Andy Jassy’s long game: Amazon’s reinvention enters its 5th phase as AI upends the workforce

Microsoft makes additional job cuts, laying off more than 300 in Washington state

Did Elon Musk really intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI agents, job cuts, and an economic warning

Amazon lays off 100 in Devices & Services group amid ongoing tech industry cuts

‘We lit a fire’: Spencer Rascoff’s Match Group overhaul reflects broader tech reckoning