Amazon Cuts 95 Jobs Including Two in Pasco, WARN Letter Shows

Amazon will eliminate 95 jobs, including two at its Pasco distribution facility, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter sent to the Washington State Employment Security Department. Management-level positions in Pasco are among the cuts.

The WARN letter (a federally required notice for mass layoffs and plant closures) names additional affected workers in Sumner, Bellevue, Redmond and Seattle. Some remote employees are also losing their jobs.

What is the timeline?

Some employees learned of their layoff in early September. They'll leave Amazon in early December. The last of the separated workers will exit by the end of January.

Amazon did not state a reason for the cuts in the letter.

What support do laid-off workers get?

Separating employees can access several supports, according to the company's notice:

• Severance pay
• Outplacement assistance
• Continued health insurance benefits
• The option to apply for other roles inside Amazon

For a manager in Pasco or a corporate worker in Bellevue, the practical calculus is straightforward: internal transfer windows, severance terms and insurance continuity will shape the next several months more than the layoff headline itself.

How does this fit Amazon's broader cuts?

This round comes roughly a year after Amazon cut 14,000 corporate roles from its global workforce of about 1.2 million people. That earlier reduction also touched Pasco.

The Pasco site matters locally. Amazon's delivery station there, which opened in early 2025, employs as many as 400 people in warehouse roles and as delivery drivers. The current two cuts hit management positions, not the broader warehouse and driver workforce.

What should affected workers watch?

The numbers frame the stakes. Ninety-five jobs across Washington state is a narrow cut against Amazon's 1.2 million-person global base. But for the individuals named in the WARN letter, the December and January separation dates set hard deadlines for decisions on internal transfers, severance negotiations and benefits enrollment.

Washington's Employment Security Department, which received the notice, administers unemployment support that laid-off workers can claim alongside company-provided severance.

Takeaway: the cuts are small in scale but real in consequence, and the end-of-January exit date is the number that matters most to the people involved.

With no reason given in the filing, the next signal for Amazon's Washington workforce will likely come from any future WARN filings or staffing announcements in the new year.