T-Mobile cuts more jobs following 393 layoffs earlier this year

T-Mobile announced another round of workforce reductions Monday, with the Bellevue telecommunications giant declining to specify the number of positions eliminated.

A T-Mobile spokesperson stated in an email to The Puget Sound Business Journal that the company is “providing robust support to impacted employees as they transition.”

“To move even faster in a dynamic market while continuing to deliver best-in-class digital experiences for our customers, we’re further aligning our IT organization to support future growth and innovation,” the spokesperson told The Puget Sound Business Journal. “This includes the difficult decision of eliminating some roles while continuing to invest and hire in areas that will drive breakthrough products and services for customers.”

Bellevue telecom giant cuts IT jobs months after $4.4B U.S. Cellular acquisition

This marks the third workforce reduction for T-Mobile in recent months. The company eliminated 393 Washington-based positions in February and another 131 jobs last October, according to state filing records.

The company recently closed on its $4.4 billion acquisition of U.S. Cellular in August, which reported $17.4 billion in services revenue in its most recent quarter and a net income of $3.2 billion, according to GeekWire.

U.S. Cellular planned to lay off more than 4,000 employees during the transition, but more than half were able to transfer to T-Mobile, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification filing.

Despite the cuts, T-Mobile remains a major regional employer, maintaining approximately 6,773 workers in the Puget Sound region out of its 75,000-person global workforce as of mid-year, according to The Puget Sound Business Journal.

In July, the U.S. Department of Justice closed its investigation into T-Mobile’s acquisition of U.S. Cellular. The investigation was dropped shortly after T-Mobile confirmed it was closing its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

T-Mobile generated $88.3 billion in revenue in 2025, which was up 8.5% year over year. Net income for T-Mobile last year was $11 billion, decreasing 3.1% year over year.

Several tech companies cut jobs in Western Washington

Seattle-based Amazon announced in late January that 2,198 Seattle-area employees were among the approximately 16,000 roles cut companywide.

More than 1,400 employees were based in Seattle specifically, with another 630 in Bellevue. The software development engineering team was the most affected role in the layoffs.

The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic.

On Tuesday, Meta Platforms announced it is laying off 168 employees in King County as part of a plan to cut 10% of its Reality Labs division.

The vast majority of the impacted Meta positions are in software engineering and recruiting, though other affected roles include product and design management, data science, and several managerial positions.

Additionally, travel company Expedia Group made another round of cuts to its technology staff in January. Ranging from the vice president of experience design role to several director-level jobs, engineers, and product managers, 162 roles will be cut at its Seattle headquarters. It is estimated that 10% of the technology team’s roles were eliminated.

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