Microsoft is cutting a total of around 1,000 jobs across the company, in areas including its Azure cloud unit and HoloLens mixed-reality organization, a person familiar with the matter confirmed… Read More
SeekOut, a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the second time in the past eight months. TechCrunch, which first… Read More
Seattle-based digital healthcare startup 98point6 has conducted a new round of layoffs, the company confirmed Tuesday. 98point6 did not provide details on the number of employees affected. A number of… Read More
Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but noted that it’s still hiring in core areas of its… Read More
After she was laid off in September, Jenny Richards didn’t expect to spend more than six months trying to find her next job. She had worked in product management roles… Read More
Textio laid off 14 employees this week, or 16% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring. The company confirmed the cuts to GeekWire on Thursday. It has now has… Read More
A new wave of layoffs at video game mega-studio Electronic Arts has multiple impacts on the Pacific Northwest gaming industry, including the end of development on a Star Wars video… Read More
Hidden Path Entertainment, an independent game studio based in Bellevue, Wash., has laid off 44 employees. The layoffs were confirmed Wednesday afternoon in a post on LinkedIn by CEO Jeff… Read More
Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its health care units, Amazon Pharmacy and the primary care company One Medical, the tech giant confirmed Tuesday. In a statement and memo… Read More
E-signature giant DocuSign announced Tuesday it is cutting 6% of its workforce, or about 400 employees, becoming the latest tech company to reduce operating costs by trimming headcount.
Glowforge laid off more employees after an investment round fell through recently at the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, the company confirmed to GeekWire. Co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro… Read More
Block, the financial services and mobile payments company founded by former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has laid off 43 workers in Washington, according to a notice from the state’s Employment… Read More
Amperity has laid off about 20 employees, or 5% of its workforce, in a new round of cuts for the Seattle-based customer intelligence startup. Layoff tracker: GeekWire’s regularly updated list of… Read More
Microsoft is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs in its gaming unit, or about 9% of gaming-related staff. The layoffs come three months after the tech giant completed its $69 billion acquisition… Read More
Editor’s note: This story and GeekWire’s Layoff Tracker were updated to reflect that 42 U.S.-based employees were laid off. Seattle-based First Mode says it’s cutting back on its workforce as… Read More
Layoffs are hitting Amazon’s entertainment businesses. Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500 jobs. In a memo to employees shared on the company’s… Read More
Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO Karl Siebrecht confirmed Monday. Update: A new filing from the… Read More
NuScale Power, a Portland, Ore.-based nuclear company, is laying off 154 full-time employees, or 28% of its workforce. In November NuScale hit a major setback when it scuttled plans with… Read More
Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., engineering center, part of widespread cuts at the GM-backed firm. Cruise on Monday submitted a WARN notification to Washington’s… Read More
Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has laid off 30 employees, co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro confirmed to GeekWire on Friday. “We’ve had to make some tough calls… Read More
Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and worsening industry headwinds.” Flyhomes shared the news in a post… Read More
Employees at Renton, Wash.-based gaming giant Wizards of the Coast were affected by a new round of layoffs at its parent company, Hasbro. Hasbro announced “additional headcount reductions” in an… Read More
Broadcom, the San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor and software tech multinational, is laying off 158 workers in Bellevue, Wash., according to a new filing with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and… Read More
Rad Power Bikes is closing its retail store location in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Seattle-based e-bike maker confirmed Thursday, citing the need to make more organizational changes after a wave of… Read More
Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech giant as it looks for ways to trim costs.
Trucking marketplace Convoy last week laid off a majority of its workforce without any severance — a surprising and sudden shutdown for one of the Seattle region’s biggest startups. Now… Read More
With ping-pong and pool tables, an open floorplan, a fully stocked breakroom, and dedicated spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation, JPMorgan Chase’s engineering center in Seattle feels like a time… Read More
Seattle-area recruiting software startup SeekOut laid off 16 employees, or about 7% of its workforce. The company confirmed the layoffs in response to a GeekWire inquiry Wednesday, citing a restructuring… Read More
