Amazon Layoffs: 121 Employees in Washington State Affected by October Job Cuts
Amazon is laying off 121 employees in Washington state starting October 1, according to a WARN filing. The permanent cuts impact Seattle, Bellevue, and Sumner as part of ongoing corporate restructuring, while operations in India remain unaffected. Operations and employee bases in India are not impacted by this round of layoffs.
Amazon is moving forward with another round of layoffs in the United States, filing notice that 121 employees in Washington state will lose their jobs beginning in October. The move is part of an ongoing corporate restructuring initiative following a series of widespread workforce reductions across the company over the past year.
Puget Sound Impact
The cuts will affect personnel stationed in Seattle, Bellevue, and Sumner, three key hubs within Amazon’s corporate footprint in the Puget Sound region, reports esd.wa.gov. Uber Layoffs: 3,300 Jobs Cut To Boost Ride-Sharing and Robotaxi Business, Says Report.
State officials confirmed that local Rapid Response and WorkSource teams are mobilizing to assist affected employees with employment transitions. Operations and employee bases in India are not impacted by this round of layoffs. In a notice filed with the Washington's Employment Security Department, Amazon said, "All affected employees are being or have been notified of their employment terminations at least 90 days before their terminations are scheduled to occur. To assist with communication between affected employees and the Department, we have provided the Department’s contact information to all affected employees."
Permanent Separation Timeline
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department, the terminations are classified as permanent. The filing indicates that employee separations will officially begin on October 1. Tech Layoffs 2026: Know How Many Affected by Oracle, Apple, Microsoft and Others.
While specific business units or corporate departments targeted by the cuts were not named in the notice, the development underscores continued balancing acts between corporate overhead reduction and aggressive investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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