AMAZON IS FIRING AMERICAN SOFTWARE ENGINEERS... HIRING FOREIGN ONES
AND REPLACING THE REST WITH ROBOTS
121 more jobs cut in Washington State, effective October 1.
We dug into got cut:
• Entry-level software engineers
• Applied scientists
• Senior software managers
• A legal department VP
• Warehouse workers at the Sumner fulfillment center
That’s on top of several thousand WA jobs already gone. Same fiscal year, same company:
• 20,007 H-1B labor condition applications filed across all Amazon entities
• Number 1 employer in America, nearly 3x Google at 7,362
• Median wage on those filings: $142,800
Most of those filings are for computer science roles.
The same roles being cut in Bellevue. And the robots:
• Over 1 million robots already working in Amazon warehouses
• 1.56 million human workers
• CEO Andy Jassy’s stated goal: robots performing 80% of fulfillment center tasks by 2035
New grads locked out.
Senior engineers cut.
Warehouse jobs automated.
All three lanes closing at once.
AMAZON IS AT IT AGAIN
121 more corporate layoffs in Washington state.
Amazon has more H-1B filings in FY2026 than the rest of the next 3 top filers combined.