UPCOMING · ESTIMATED✓ VERIFIEDPublished Oct 27, 2026

Starbucks WARN Notice Signals 135 Job Cuts in Seattle and SEA Airport

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed October 23, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

135

PLANNED DATE

Dec 31, 2026

CONFIRMED IN SOURCE

135 OF 383,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Seattle, WA and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on October 23, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the WA state workforce agency.

Summary

Starbucks Corporation filed a WARN notice indicating planned layoffs that will eliminate 135 jobs across Seattle and positions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The notice signals a formal, upcoming workforce reduction affecting those specific locations, though the article does not provide a specific calendar date for when the cuts will take effect. No specific department was named, and the company’s rationale or additional operational impacts were described in the article as context for the planned reductions. The report frames this as a planned action (WARN notice) rather than layoffs that have already occurred.

Starbucks Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the WA state workforce agency on October 23, 2026. The notice covers 135 employees in Seattle, Seatac, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective December 31, 2026.

LayoffTalk has tracked 47 layoff events at Starbucks Corporation since June 2023, including 2,742 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 34 additional events known from news reporting.