Articles about Employment

Amazon’s total Washington state employment declines for the first time, new numbers show

Amazon’s employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees between early 2023… Read More

Amazon ‘still pausing on headcount’ as part of larger effort to boost profits

Amazon ended the second quarter with 1.46 million employees, including both corporate and warehouse workers, about 4,000 fewer employees overall… Read More

New numbers show how Microsoft’s job cuts have impacted its global workforce

Microsoft ended its fiscal 2023 in June with 221,000 employees globally, according to the company’s annual 10K filing Thursday with… Read More

Analysis: New jobs numbers show where Amazon has been adding and shedding U.S. workers

New jobs numbers posted to Amazon’s corporate website show the changing footprint of its U.S. workforce for the first time… Read More

New filing: Microsoft added record 40,000 employees in past year, up 22%, before job cuts

Hiring and acquisitions boosted employment to record levels at Microsoft as of the end of the company’s recent fiscal year,… Read More

Amazon tops 1M U.S. employees

Amazon has surpassed 1 million direct employees in the United States for the first time, a new milestone that reflects… Read More

Microsoft’s Vancouver B.C. employment tops 1,900 — more than doubling during pandemic

Microsoft now employs more than 1,900 people in Vancouver, B.C., up from less than 800 when the pandemic started in… Read More

Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market

Microsoft’s global employee count grew to nearly 190,000 people at the end of the September quarter, a net increase of… Read More

California eclipses Washington as Amazon’s biggest state for jobs, with 153k employees and counting

Amazon topped 153,000 full- and part-time employees in California as of the fourth quarter of 2020, rapidly outpacing the more… Read More

XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling offers $5M to boost innovations in job training

The nonprofit organization known as XPRIZE has been in charge of tech competitions focusing on far-out frontiers such as space… Read More

Boeing plans 10% job reduction and jet production cutbacks after reporting loss

Boeing says it’s planning to reduce its workforce by 10% and cut back on production of wide-body jets in response… Read More

Seattle-area tech workers earn $279K/year on average in total compensation, according to new BLS data

Editor’s note: This story and headline were updated to clarify that the average wage numbers include non-wage cash payments such… Read More

With 737 MAX production on hold, Senior Aerospace AMT announces 72 layoffs

Senior Aerospace AMT, an Arlington, Wash.-based supplier for the troubled 737 MAX and other Boeing airplanes, says it will lay… Read More

Legalpad raises $10M to scale work visa automation platform

A Seattle startup that helps companies apply for visas on behalf of international talent announced a $10 million investment round… Read More

Study suggests AI’s disruptive effect on jobs will hit higher on economic and education scales

When experts talk about the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence, they tend to focus on low-paid laborers — but a… Read More

Seattle and Los Angeles lead STEM job growth in the U.S.

The West Coast’s tech hubs are leading the nation in the race to grow employment in science, technology, engineering and math… Read More

Amazon Game Studios confirms reorganization, reportedly cutting ‘dozens’ of developer jobs

Amazon’s internal game development studio is letting go of dozens of game developers, according to a report from Kotaku on… Read More

UnitedHealth sues exec for taking trade secrets to Amazon health care joint venture

Amazon’s joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase is just getting started, but it’s already rattling health care giants.… Read More

Boeing and Machinists Union tussle over automation’s effect on quality assurance

Boeing’s moves to automate its manufacturing processes and streamline the quality assurance process for its airplanes has sparked discussions with… Read More

Homelessness and jobs: What the numbers say

Technologists are all about using data and research to drive decisions. It’s why startups spend months validating new ideas. It’s… Read More

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee voices concern over impact of AI and automation on jobs

News Brief: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the coming age of wider automation and smarter artificial intelligence will require upgrades… Read More

Boeing foresees a doubling in demand for pilots by 2037, and works on ways to fill it

If Boeing is projecting a doubling in the global commercial airplane fleet over the next 20 years, it only makes… Read More

‘Not fun’: Technology experts get real about automation’s impact on today’s jobs

It’s a thrilling time for technology, with innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics propelling society ever faster forward. But is… Read More

Experts explain why machine learning will make some jobs easier – and kill off others

Computer scientists have created artificial-intelligence algorithms that are at least as good as trained humans at recognizing the signs of… Read More

Robots vs. jobs: Report says automation will displace up to 375M workers by 2030

The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers.… Read More

Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead

The Boeing Co. signaled that hundreds of employees involved in aerospace engineering in Washington state and other locations will be… Read More

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Boeing OKs buyouts for 1,800 union workers, and more job cuts are expected

Boeing has approved buyouts for more than 1,800 union workers, marking the start of a new round of job reductions that’s… Read More

Donald Trump’s victory brings the jobs vs. automation issue into the spotlight

Six months ago, computer scientist Moshe Vardi felt as if he was a voice crying in the wilderness when it… Read More

Amazon tops 300,000 employees in latest sign of tech giant’s massive ambitions

Updated with comments from Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky. Amazon’s worldwide employment exceeded 306,000 people in the third quarter — surpassing 300,000 employees… Read More