TikTok has been growing its presence in Downtown Bellevue in recent years, becoming one of the city’s biggest employers and opening a new office to encourage more employees to work in person. At the same time, the company is also cutting jobs in its e-commerce division, TikTok Shop.
According to a filing with the Washington State Employment Security Department, TikTok is laying off 65 employees in Bellevue. All of the affected roles are part of TikTok Shop, which focuses on online shopping and sales.
TikTok Shop launched in the U.S. as part of the company’s push into livestream shopping and social commerce. Many of the employees working in that division were based in Bellevue, where TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has built a large local team…