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PopCap Games

Labor filing shows that layoffs at Seattle game studio PopCap will affect 45 employees

When game developer PopCap announced last week that it was cutting staff at its Seattle headquarters, the company didn’t say… Read More

PopCap Games

Game developer PopCap lays off portion of Seattle staff; GM says refocused studio not going away

PopCap, developers of such game titles as “Plants vs. Zombies,” “Bejeweled” and “Peggled,” announced on Tuesday that it was laying… Read More

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Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo cuts 10 jobs despite ‘significant growth’ and plans for expansion

Coding Dojo, the Bellevue, Wash.-based developer bootcamp with eight campuses in five states, has cut 10 full-time employees, GeekWire learned… Read More

Microsoft to cut about 700 jobs next week, following through on previously announced layoffs

Microsoft will cut about 700 jobs in conjunction with its quarterly earnings release next week, according to a report this afternoon… Read More

Digital advertising company AudienceScience cuts jobs amid shift in business

Digital advertising company AudienceScience is cutting as much as a quarter of its staff, GeekWire has learned. AudienceScience, formerly known as… Read More

Boeing 777

After 8 percent reduction, Boeing plans more job cuts amid shift in airplane market

After reducing its Washington state workforce by 8 percent in the course of a year, Boeing is planning to cut even more… Read More

HTC cutting jobs in Seattle region as part of broader restructuring, sources say

HTC, the smartphone maker and burgeoning virtual reality player, appears to be in the middle of a round of layoffs… Read More

Online insurance finder QuoteWizard cuts 30 percent of staff, sharply halting growth

QuoteWizard, an online insurance finder based in Seattle, has laid off around 50 people or about 30 percent of its… Read More

With stock price slumping and suitors fleeing, Twitter reportedly planning to cut hundreds of jobs

Social media giant Twitter may be on the verge of cutting approximately 300 jobs, or about 8 percent of its… Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise cuts staff as it struggles to keep pace in the cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a cloud, server and storage company that split from Hewlett Packard in late 2015, laid off an… Read More

HireMoz

Workers laid off by Moz attracting potential employers with website and #hiremoz hashtag

A week after about 60 employees of Seattle-based Moz were laid off, new employers have come calling thanks in part to… Read More

Z2, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, cuts jobs to better align with ‘strategic goals’

Z2, the Seattle-based game studio acquired by King Digital Entertainment last year, has cut jobs in its support functions group. Founded… Read More

Microsoft cutting 2,850 additional jobs from smartphone and sales teams

Microsoft is cutting back its smartphone and global sales teams even more than previously announced as it continues to pull back… Read More

Report: Android OS-maker Cyanogen cuts ‘significant’ amount of employees

Android operating system developer Cyanogen is laying off a “significant portion” of its staff today, according to an AndroidPolice report.… Read More

Intel layoffs to bring big cuts to chip giant’s Wash. state workforce

Intel’s latest round of layoffs may see the company vastly reduce its Washington state presence. The Oregonian is reporting that the chipmaker… Read More

Intel to lay off 12K employees, 11% of workforce, as it shifts from PC business

Intel today announced a huge round of layoffs, with the tech giant set to slash 12,000 positions — 11 percent of… Read More

Nordstrom

Nordstrom to cut up to 400 more jobs, just one month after slashing 130 tech-related positions

One month after cutting 130 technology-related positions, Nordstrom announced today that it will lay off another 350-to-400 employees as the… Read More

Heavily-funded Seattle software startups cut staff, in possible sign of a cooling market

Qumulo and Chef, two of Seattle’s most heavily-funded software startups, laid off employees this week in a possible sign of a… Read More

Boeing 777

Boeing takes steps to trim 4,000 jobs; more layoffs may be on the way

Boeing Commercial Airplanes says it’s following through on its job reduction plan with the target of reducing its workforce by 4,000 positions by… Read More

Nordstrom

Nordstrom confirms 120 job cuts on tech team as part of change in tech strategy

Nordstrom cut approximately 120 jobs on its technology team this week, the company said this morning, disclosing a specific number for the first time and confirming… Read More

Nordstrom

More tech layoffs at Nordstrom: Retailer slashes at least 100 jobs in latest round of cuts

Follow up: Nordstrom confirms 120 job cuts on tech team as part of change in tech strategy Retail giant Nordstrom today… Read More

Sonos caught snoozing: Speaker company cuts jobs as Amazon’s Echo catches fire

The bad news: Sonos, the privately held maker of wireless audio gear, is cutting jobs. The good news for the… Read More

For Yahoo, the news is all about layoffs, lawsuit, and lackluster sales

Yahoo is making a lot of headlines on Tuesday and as it has been for a long time now, the… Read More

whitepages

Whitepages lays off 12 employees to adjust for new advertising strategy

Whitepages today confirmed with GeekWire that it laid off 12 employees as it shifts its advertising strategy. The Seattle-based company… Read More

Microsoft brings HoloLens development stateside, lays off 60 on Israeli team

Microsoft has laid off 60 people working on the HoloLens augmented reality headset in Israel as the company concentrates development… Read More

Video ad startup Mixpo cuts staff, shifts resources

Mixpo, a Seattle startup that makes it easy to create online video ads, is cutting jobs and shifting resources to improve efficiency… Read More

Expedia cuts staff from Orbitz, two months after $1.6B acquisition

Expedia is cutting jobs at Orbitz two months after acquiring the travel booking website for $1.6 billion. A company spokesperson confirmed… Read More

RealNetworks cuts 10% of workforce as it kicks off ‘next phase in strategic plan’

RealNetworks has laid off about 60 workers in a major reshuffling of priorities, according to an email sent to employees and… Read More

With stock soaring, Microsoft quietly cuts 1,000 employees

Microsoft posted strong financial results on Thursday, sending shares of the company up 10 percent in trading today, part of… Read More

Zomato makes widespread job cuts, closes Seattle office after shutting down Urbanspoon

Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery company that bought Seattle’s Urbanspoon for $60 million to establish a U.S. beachhead earlier this year,… Read More

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