T-Mobile is laying off 393 workers in Washington as part of a new round of cuts, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department released Monday morning.
More than 200 different job titles are impacted, according to the filing, including analysts, engineers and technicians, as well as directors and managers.
The cuts targeted nearly 210 senior- and director-level employees, plus seven employees with vice president or senior vice president titles. They include a senior VP of talent and four VP of legal affairs roles.
Affected employees worked at the company’s Bellevue headquarters; data centers in Bellevue and East Wenatchee; and at stores and other facilities in Bothell, Bellingham, Woodinville, Spokane Valley and elsewhere.
“As the next step in our evolution, we’re making some changes while continuing to hire to ensure we have the right focus, structure and momentum to keep changing the industry through innovation and a long-standing focus on customers,” the company said in an emailed statement. It added that it was responding to “a dynamic market.”
Affected employees were given 60-days’ notice and the departures are expected to take effect April 2.
A WARN filing submitted to the state and signed by Monica Frohock, senior director of the Magenta Service Center, attributed the cuts to “changing business needs.”
“These facilities are not being closed,” the notice stated. “The layoffs are not due to relocation or contracting out employer operations or employee positions, but it is possible that some work currently done by these employees may at some point be done by others.”
T-Mobile employed about 70,000 people as of Dec. 31, 2024. The company has nearly 8,000 workers in the Seattle region, according to LinkedIn.
The cuts come as the Seattle area is being hit by thousands of tech-related layoffs, including job losses at Amazon, Expedia, Meta, Zillow and other companies.
T-Mobile, the largest U.S. telecom company by market capitalization, laid off 121 workers in August 2025. In November, former Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan replaced longtime leader Mike Sievert as CEO.
T-Mobile’s stock is down nearly 20% over the past 12 months. The company reported revenue of $18.2 billion in the third quarter, up 9% year-over-year, and added 1 million new postpaid phone customers.
Verizon, another telecom giant, laid off approximately 165 employees in Washington in November.
Editor’s note: Story updated to include emailed comments from T-Mobile.
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