T-Mobile Lays Off 77 Workers Across 8 Washington Cities; 6 Locations Are Closing

T-Mobile USA, Inc. has notified Washington's Employment Security Department of layoffs affecting 77 workers. Its filing covers 13 listed worksites across eight cities, plus remote employees. Six of the 13 are expected to close, with separations scheduled between 21 September and 18 November 2026. The company says the layoffs are expected to be permanent.

What the Notice Says

The filing covers 63 newly affected workers. A further 14 had been included in an earlier notice, but had their separation dates deferred. Those 14 now fall inside the new separation window. Together, the two groups make up the 77 workers covered by the filing.

Bellevue, Seattle, Bellingham, Bothell, Vancouver, Kennewick, Tacoma, and Yakima all appear. Reports agree on five closures, while the sixth is reported inconsistently. Three are 1216 N 45th Street in Seattle, 1315 W Bakerview Road in Bellingham, and 22309 30th Drive SE in Bothell. Two more are 1220 N Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick and 3802 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma.

The sixth appears to be 2550 W Nob Hill Boulevard in Yakima, named by multiple reports citing the filing. One report instead names 305 SE Chkalov Drive in Vancouver. The underlying state-filed copy has not been inspected for this report. Yakima is the better-supported identification.

Five Bellevue headquarters buildings and a Bellingham call centre are also among the 13 affected sites. None of those buildings or the call centre is reported as closing. The company attributes the cuts to changing business needs, with some layoffs linked to relocation. Affected employees were offered relocation opportunities in certain cases.

Affected roles range from mobile and retail positions to managers, directors, engineers, and human resources posts. Monica Frohock, T-Mobile's senior director of the Magenta Service Center, signed the notice. It urges employees to pursue open positions, though Frohock added that 'these layoffs are expected to be permanent.' The notice states that there is no union at the location and that there are no bumping rights.

The Wider Jobs Picture

Deutsche Telekom AG is the controlling shareholder of T-Mobile US, Inc. T-Mobile USA, Inc., the employer named in the notice, is a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile US, Inc. That parent reported 65,365 full-time equivalents in its United States operating segment at 30 June 2026. At the end of 2025 the figure was 70,036, a drop of 4,671, or 6.7%.

That is a net change in full-time equivalents, not a count of people laid off. Deutsche Telekom attributed it primarily to the Workforce Transformation programme at T-Mobile US. An earlier Washington notice, dated 30 January, covered 393 workers, with an estimated first separation date of 2 April. Meanwhile, Washington's labour market improved in July.

Its unemployment rate fell to 5.0%, and employers added an estimated 21,100 seasonally adjusted jobs. The technology sector has nevertheless continued to see substantial layoffs. Revelio Labs research shared with KUOW counted more than 11,000 Washington tech workers laid off from May 2025 to April 2026, only California recording more. Anneliese Vance-Sherman, the state's chief labour economist, said July marked 'a third consecutive month of job growth statewide.'

The Notice Period Question

Washington's Mass Layoffs and Business Closings law took effect on 27 July 2025, with a 2026 amendment that took effect on 17 March. Subject to statutory exceptions, an employer may not order a qualifying business closing or mass layoff until the end of a 60-day period. That period begins when the employer serves written notice on the Employment Security Department and affected employees. A mass layoff means employment loss for 50 or more employees during any 30-day period, excluding part-time employees.

Dates reported for the filing nevertheless raise a question about how that period was calculated. Reports give the notice date as 21 August and its receipt as 26 August, though one tracker gives the later date for both. Neither establishes when affected employees were served, which starts the statutory clock. First separations are set for 21 September, 31 days after the earlier date and 26 days after the later.

T-Mobile says at least 60 days of advance notice has been or will be provided to affected workers. The reporting does not show when each affected employee was served. Public documents leave the timing unresolved, and no breach has been established. The Employment Security Department administers the law.