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Amazon's Seattle headquarters, one of the Big Tech companies where visa-holding engineers are weighing whether to stay through 2026's layoffs

H-1B engineers are leaving Big Tech before the layoffs even find them

Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle have cut over 100,000 jobs since 2022. For visa holders, a layoff starts a 60-day clock to find new sponsorship or leave the country — and some aren't waiting to find out if they're next.

Priya Nair · Aug 20 · 7 min

A for-sale sign outside a home in the Seattle area

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Tech layoffs just crashed home sales in the city that started them all

Pending home sales in Seattle fell 15.6% in a single month — the worst drop of any major U.S. metro — and realtors say it's fear of layoffs, not rates.

Priya Nair · Aug 18 · 7 min

A Google office building — one of several major tech companies announcing job cuts in early August 2026

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tech layoffs in 2026 have already beaten all of last year — and it's only August

Over 125,000 tech workers have lost their jobs so far this year, more than the entirety of 2025, as Zillow, TikTok, Etsy and Google all announced cuts within days of each other.

Priya Nair · Aug 13 · 5 min