Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile confirmed it made an unspecified number of layoffs this week. A tipster told GeekWire the number was in the hundreds, which the company did not verify.
“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,” T-Mobile said in a statement to GeekWire on Friday. “This includes the difficult decision of eliminating some roles while continuing to invest and hire in areas.”
Posts on LinkedIn referenced the layoffs, with some alluding to a “major corporate restructuring.”
The new round of cuts comes less than two months after T-Mobile shed 393 workers in Washington state. Those cuts impacted analysts, engineers and technicians, as well as directors, managers and VP-level executives.
T-Mobile employed about 75,000 people as of Dec. 31, 2025. The company has nearly 8,000 workers in the Seattle region, according to LinkedIn.
The Seattle area has been hit by thousands of tech-related layoffs, including job losses at Amazon, Expedia, Meta, Zillow and other companies.
T-Mobile, the largest U.S. telecom company by market capitalization, laid off 121 workers in August 2025. Last November, former Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan replaced longtime leader Mike Sievert as CEO.
T‑Mobile grew service revenue to $71.3 billion in 2025, up 8% from the prior year, while posting $11 billion in net income and adding a record 7.6 million postpaid customers, underscoring how it continues to expand even as it trims IT and corporate roles.
The company said Friday it is “providing robust support to impacted employees as they transition.”
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