#seattle

Company: Rad Power Bikes
Source: Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

Rad Power facing potential mass layoffs, shutdown
Summary: Rad Power Bikes filed a precautionary WARN in Washington and told officials it may lay off 64 employees in January, while stressing no final decision has been made. Internal communications warned the company could cease operations without new funding.
City: Seattle
State: Washington
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2025/11/10/rad-power-announces-64-layoffs-reports-point-possible-shutdown

The layoffs impact employees across the company’s Redmond and Woodinville facilities, as well as some remote workers. The first separations are effective Dec. 31.

Job titles affected span a wide range of roles, including manufacturing, quality control, R&D, and technical staff, according to the filing.

The company has nearly 200 employees, according to LinkedIn.

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/filing-seattle-area-vaccine-company-inventprise-laying-off-76-employees/

Why is it that the 5G Engineering and Technology team gets to stay remote in Washington when the rest of us need to work in Philly? They don't even have an office to report to there. Is it because they have an AVP that is also privileged and gets to work from home in Washington?

Especially in Starbucks stores located in Seattle and Portland. Not a lot of Customers experience a friendly store vibe walking into the Starbucks stores in Seattle and Portland.

https://mishtalk.com/economics/seattle-reeling-over-tech-layoffs-especially-microsoft/

After September 15th these employees will get layoffs as per news

https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database

if you search for oracle in the lower search bar you'll see that there's a new one notice that came out today for 2 months from now

Microsoft president responds to protesters breaching HQ, 7 arrested

Redmond Police arrested multiple protesters after they entered the executive office at Microsoft headquarters on Tuesday.

https://mynorthwest.com/local/microsoft-hqs-protesters/4124652

MyNorthwest.com

Aug/27/2025 12:24 AM

Location: Redmond, Washington

Just got laid off this morning with no warning, completely shut out of all systems. I was at an oncologist appointment when the termination meeting started. Myself and my team also training a new team outside of the US on how to do our job the last 2 weeks. Been at the company for many years and now I'm gone.

Amazon offshoring and use of the corrupt H-1B/OPT visa program destroys U.S. jobs. Amazon is not alone in this scam. They are, however, one of the top abusers. And, as Amazon opens new locations across the U.S., taxpayers foot the bill in the form of TIFs (Tax Increment Financing agreements) and other subsidies.

Example data (H-1B jobs 2025): https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=amazon+&year=2025

https://x.com/thejobchick/status/1942652414739505333

Amanda Goodall
@thejobchick
The chart (available in X posting) shows six roles at Amazon, all previously based in mid-to-high cost U.S. metros like Seattle, NYC, Phoenix, and Nashville.

Every one of them paid $145K–$165K in total comp. Today? These same functions are being filled in India, Costa Rica, and the Philippines… for as little as $28K to $40K.

The result? Cost savings of 71% to 78%. Per employee.

These aren’t theoretical roles. They’re pulled from:

Archived U.S. Amazon job listings

Live offshore postings on http://amazon.jobs

Verified salary data from http://Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, H1B/LCA filings

And internal comp benchmarks from Accenture and Cognizant vendor contracts

And here’s the twist: Many of these offshore hires are contractors, not full-time Amazon employees.

While digging into H-1B isn’t my thing, this should explain a bit more to those wondering why it is so hard to find a job. This isn’t new. But this is perhaps a snapshot explanation.

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Follow the H-1B discussions on X. Read www.wnd.com/?s=Amanda+Bartolotta

https://www.wnd.com/2025/06/americas-hidden-subsidy-to-india/

View data here:
https://guestworkervisas.com
https://www.myvisajobs.com/emp/search.aspx