Overview
- Meta began notifying employees in late May and has cut roughly 8,000 roles, about 10% of its workforce, as it reshapes around artificial intelligence.
- A WARN filing shows Meta will eliminate 1,395 jobs in King County with about 699 positions at Bellevue’s Spring District and separations set to begin July 22, 2026.
- The company has reassigned roughly 7,000 employees into AI-focused teams and disclosed very large 2026 capital plans meant to fund data centers, chips and model work.
- The layoffs extend beyond Seattle to the Bay Area where state notices show thousands of local cuts, and affected employees have posted emotional accounts that underscore morale and community impacts.
- The moves will reshape local labor markets and corporate office demand and leave state workforce and retraining programs preparing for the July separation dates while investors and regulators monitor Meta’s AI spending plans.