Amazon cuts 2,300 WA jobs. Eastern WA isn’t completely spared

Amazon Inc., the Tri-Cities’ fastest-growing employer, is shrinking its Washington workforce by more than 2,300 management-level employees starting in early 2026.

The layoffs are largely confined to Amazon facilities in the Puget Sound area, but Eastern Washington is not completely spared.

Amazon will lay off a small number of workers in the Tri-Cities and Spokane areas, according to a notice filed with Washington state under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)…

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