Seattle Payroll Tax Kills 93 Uber Jobs As Washington Layoff Epidemic Spreads

Uber is cutting 93 workers from its Washington offices — hitting its Seattle engineering hub the hardest, eliminating software engineers, product managers, and data scientists. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's memo blamed runaway corporate complexity, but the more honest answer is simpler: Seattle made those employees the most expensive workers in the country to keep on payroll.The culprit is the Jumpstart payroll tax — the levy Seattle imposed to punish large employers — stacked on top of Washington's layered tax burden. When Uber needed to find headcount to cut, Seattle was the obvious first line. You build a policy designed to make employment expensive, you get fewer employees. That's not an opinion, it's arithmetic.This isn't a one-off story. In just the past week: Georgia Pacific announced it's closing its Tacoma plant and heading to Texas. Amazon cut 121 Washington workers. T-Mobile is "right-sizing." Starbucks is moving operations to Nashville. Delta Camshaft is gone. The businesses aren't leaving because the economy is bad — they're leaving because Washington specifically made staying too costly, and the states welcoming them are collecting the jobs that come with them.Subscribe to @reasonablenews and hit the notification bell — these stories are going to keep coming.#NFRP #Seattle #UberLayoffsGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY🌐 NOT on Discord? CHAT with us right on the site — free account, no app needed: https://ReasonableTV.com/community/👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL