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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2026 · 16 MIN

Seattle Tech BLOODBATH Continues: Amazon AXES 2,200 WA Engineering Jobs

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

Amazon just axed over 2,200 workers in Washington State—software engineers, product managers, the whole tech bro army—and guess what? More cuts are coming. Seattle and Bellevue are hemorrhaging jobs while their socialist leadership proposes millionaire taxes, new payroll taxes, and every anti-business policy imaginable. What did they expect? Companies like Amazon, T-Mobile, and Expedia are slashing positions as Washington State screams "businesses get out!" from the mountaintops. Meanwhile, local politicians want employers to "responsibly support workers" while actively chasing those same employers out of the state. The billionaires have already fled to Florida and Texas—Jeff Bezos said see ya!—and now the middle-class tech workers are feeling the pain. Is anyone surprised that when you combine pandemic over-hiring, AI automation, and straight-up hostility toward business, you get a bloodbath? How many more anti-business policies does Washington need before companies stop pretending Seattle is business-friendly? Subscribe and hit the bell—this downturn is just getting started.

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