Amazon laid off 2,198 Seattle-area employees last week, according to a state regulatory filing.
The layoffs are part of the 16,000 jobs the company cut amid corporate restructuring. They also follow a round from October, which saw more than 2,300 Amazon employees in the Puget Sound region lose their jobs.
Of the almost 2,200 employees laid off in the most recent round, more than 1,400 were based in Seattle and about 630 were based in Bellevue. The rest were spread throughout various locations, and some of the workers were based remotely…