One of the 600 laid-off software and development engineers told a Seattle tech magazine, based on their productivity and performance, they never thought they'd be fired. Massive layoffs, 14,000 corporate-wide, announced Wednesday.

Amazon sends shock waves through Western WA

Amazon had said they were potentially going to cut as many as 30K corporate jobs globally into 2026, but the first round of 14,000 hit Puget Sound pretty hard.

Geekwire and others are reporting 2,303 corporate workers, including 600 software and development engineers, are gone. According to the Seattle-based tech magazine:

"A detailed list included with the state filing reveals which roles are impacted by the layoffs. More than 600 software development engineering roles are being cut among the 2,303 affected w

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