TikTok Cuts 75 Bellevue Jobs for the Second Year in a Row

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    "title": "TikTok Cuts 75 Bellevue Jobs for the Second Year in a Row - Startup Fortune",
    "excerpt": "TikTok is cutting 75 jobs at its Bellevue e-commerce hub, and the timing is the point: TikTok Shop is growing fast while the company trims the people who keep the marketplace clean. The new cuts hit Lincoln Square North at 700 Bellevue Way NE in downtown Bellevue, according to a WARN notice filed with Washington's Employment Security Department. TT Commerce and Global Services LLC, a TikTok affiliate, told the state that the layoffs take effect on October 19, 2026. Affected workers received at least 60 days' notice and can apply for other jobs inside the company before that date. That sounds orderly. It isn't small. The roles listed in the filing sit close to the machinery of TikTok Shop: anti-fraud and governance program managers, seller and creator operations staff, campaign managers, data scientists, backend engineers and frontend engineers. GeekWire reported that nearly all 75 cuts are tied to TikTok Shop and Global E-Commerce. Those aren't ornamental jobs. They are the people who deal with bad sellers, broken campaigns, product data and the less visible work between a viral video and a package arriving at your door. This is also the second year running. GeekWire reported in July 2025 that ByteDance and TikTok cut 65 Seattle-area jobs, split between 27 ByteDance employees and 38 TikTok employees, after building Bellevue into a base for TikTok Shop talent near Amazon. One...",
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