TikTok will cut 75 jobs at its downtown Bellevue office, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed Tuesday with the Washington State Employment Security Department.
The notice, submitted by TikTok affiliate TT Commerce & Global Services LLC, says the layoffs affect employees based at Lincoln Square North, 700 Bellevue Way NE, and are the result of recent restructuring of the company’s operations. Separations are scheduled for October 19, 2026, and affected employees received at least 60 days’ notice. Workers have the option to apply for other positions within the company; those who don’t find or accept a new role will be separated on that date.
The cuts fall heavily on TikTok Shop and global e-commerce teams. Job titles listed in the filing include product managers and product marketing managers for seller and creator products, data scientists, backend and frontend software engineers, anti-fraud and governance program managers, campaign managers, and seller growth operations staff. The notice was copied to Bellevue Mayor Mo Malakoutian.
This marks the second consecutive year of TikTok job cuts in Bellevue. In July 2025, TikTok and parent company ByteDance filed separate WARN notices covering a combined 65 employees, most tied to the TikTok Shop division. The company has said it regularly reviews its operations as its e-commerce business evolves.
TikTok employs roughly 1,600 people in the Puget Sound region, making it one of the area’s largest tech employers. The company has steadily grown its downtown Bellevue footprint in recent years, and last year opened a new 40,000-square-foot Bellevue office for its U.S. Data Security division. The Bellevue cuts follow TikTok’s announcement earlier this month that it will close its Nashville office, eliminating about 250 positions there.
The layoffs add to a difficult year for tech workers in Bellevue. Earlier this month, Salesforce announced 59 cuts across its Bellevue and Seattle offices, and Visa eliminated 70 downtown Bellevue jobs as part of a companywide restructuring. In June, Bungie cut 292 positions at its downtown Bellevue headquarters, and in May, Meta reduced its Bellevue workforce by 699 amid wider Washington layoffs.
