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Microsoft lays off 1,900 employees, about 9% of gaming unit, following Activision acquisition

Microsoft is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs in its gaming unit, or about 9% of gaming-related staff. The layoffs come three… Read More

First Mode diesel-electric hybrid vehicle undergoing test drive

First Mode reduces workforce as it revises its vision for lower-emission heavy trucks

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… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studios units lay off hundreds

Layoffs are hitting Amazon’s entertainment businesses. Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500… Read More

Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs

Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO… Read More

Portland-based nuclear reactor company NuScale cuts 28% of workforce, or 154 employees

NuScale Power, a Portland, Ore.-based nuclear company, is laying off 154 full-time employees, or 28% of its workforce. In November… Read More

Self-driving company Cruise will lay off 67 workers at Seattle-area engineering hub

Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., engineering center, part of widespread cuts at… Read More

Glowforge lays off 30 employees as maker of 3D laser engravers gets ‘ready for what’s next’

Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser engravers, has laid off 30 employees, co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro confirmed to… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes conducts more layoffs amid ‘worsening industry headwinds’

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has conducted another round of layoffs as the company faces what it calls “persistent and… Read More

New round of layoffs at Hasbro impacts Wizards of the Coast — read CEO’s memo to staff

Employees at Renton, Wash.-based gaming giant Wizards of the Coast were affected by a new round of layoffs at its… Read More

Broadcom laying off workers in Washington state following acquisition of VMware

Broadcom, the San Jose, Calif.-based semiconductor and software tech multinational, is laying off 158 workers in Bellevue, Wash., according to… Read More

Rad Power Bikes closing retail store in New York in latest cutback for Seattle e-bike maker

Rad Power Bikes is closing its retail store location in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Seattle-based e-bike maker confirmed Thursday, citing the… Read More

Amazon makes job cuts in music division

Amazon is cutting an unspecified number of positions in its music division in the latest layoffs to hit the tech… Read More

Seattle cloud giant F5 lays off 120 employees

Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 this week laid off 120 people, the company confirmed to GeekWire.

Convoy scrutinized for worker rights law compliance following abrupt shutdown

Trucking marketplace Convoy last week laid off a majority of its workforce without any severance — a surprising and sudden… Read More

JPMorgan Chase’s Seattle tech hub tops 320 people amid broader industry cooldown

With ping-pong and pool tables, an open floorplan, a fully stocked breakroom, and dedicated spaces for collaboration and quiet contemplation,… Read More

SeekOut lays off 7% of staff in restructuring but plans to grow headcount this year

Seattle-area recruiting software startup SeekOut laid off 16 employees, or about 7% of its workforce. The company confirmed the layoffs… Read More

Qualtrics cuts 780 jobs, about 14% of workforce, citing ‘complexity’ from rapid hiring

Qualtrics is cutting about 14% of its workforce to reduce costs and restructure its organization, citing a need to address… Read More

Seattle warehousing startup Flexe lays off 33% of workforce amid freight industry slowdown

Flexe, a Seattle logistics startup that hit a $1 billion valuation last year, has laid off 33% of its staff.… Read More

More layoffs at Outreach: Seattle sales software startup cuts 12% of staff

Outreach laid off 12% of its staff this week, the latest round of layoffs at the Seattle-based startup. A company spokesperson… Read More

Slalom Consulting lays off 7% of workforce; CEO cites ‘significant shifts within our industry’

Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom Consulting laid off about 900 employees in a workforce reduction.

Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture

Several employees at Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin are reporting that they’ve been laid off, marking a rare turnabout in the… Read More

Biotech company Absci lays off 30 employees, about 15% of staff

Publicly traded biotech company Absci is laying off 30 employees, or approximately 15% of its workforce.

Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce

Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest… Read More

T-Mobile’s recent layoffs impact 401 employees in Seattle area

T-Mobile’s decision to lay off nearly 5,000 employees will impact 401 workers in Bellevue, Wash. CEO Mike Sievert last week… Read More

Ada Developers Academy ‘significantly’ reduces headcount, pauses admissions, names interim CEO

Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy has conducted another round of layoffs and named a new interim leader, a month after CEO… Read More

Cloud automation startup SkyKick lays off 140 employees

Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S. Editor’s note: This story… Read More

T-Mobile will lay off 5,000 employees, 7% of workforce — read CEO’s memo

T-Mobile is laying off close to 5,000 employees, mostly in corporate roles, as it looks to streamline its operating model… Read More

Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability

Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software… Read More

Rad Power Bikes backpedals out of Europe and lays off employees again

Rad Power Bikes is leaving Europe. The Seattle-based startup confirmed that it will cease selling its electric bikes to customers… Read More

Technical recruiting startup Karat lays off 47 employees for the second time this year

Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat is laying off 47 employees for the second time this year, part of an effort… Read More