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What Expedia layoffs have meant for employees

Both of Expedia's 2026 notices to Washington ran from engineers up to vice presidents, so seniority didn't keep anyone off the list. Both letters, the January notice and the September notice, also said some of the cuts came from moving operations elsewhere or contracting them out, and that no union represents the people affected and no bumping rights exist, so tenure gave nobody a claim on a colleague's seat. The September letter said Expedia expected the state to redact each employee's name and address before posting the notice on its WARN database page. If you've been told your job is ending, you can ask whether yours is one of the roles being moved or contracted out, and whether going with the work was ever an option.

In 2025 and 2026 Expedia paired its cuts with talk of hiring. The company was "eliminating roles as well as opening some new roles" and "simplifying our structure and reducing organizational layers," a spokesperson told the Austin American-Statesman in February 2026. In April 2025 someone close to the company told Skift that some affected employees were moving to new teams rather than leaving, and in September 2026 an internal email in Springfield said some employees would move to new roles, managers and locations, the Springfield Daily Citizen reported. The company tied its openings to the skills it said it needs next, so an opening may call for different skills than the job that went. If you're on the leaving side, it's worth asking whether any of those openings fit you before your last day, and, if you've been offered severance, whether moving into one would change it.

Working remotely or outside Seattle didn't put anyone out of reach. The January notice counted a few Washington employees who worked remotely, the Austin offices near The Domain, home to about 1,800 Expedia employees in 2024, were part of that round, and the September email told finance staff their work would sit in fewer locations with no fully remote jobs. Springfield's office had already shrunk from about 1,100 people in 2022 to 910 in 2024, by a chamber of commerce survey. If you're remote and your role is being pulled into an office, you can ask whether relocating is on the table and, if exit terms are on offer, what turning the move down would mean for them. For benefits, our Washington unemployment benefits page covers Seattle and remote Washington staff, and the Texas and Missouri pages cover Austin and Springfield.

Expedia has been getting smaller for years. Its workforce numbered 25,400 at the end of 2019, Bloomberg reported as the February 2020 cuts began, and the reorganization that followed removed about 30% of it, Skift later wrote. The February 2024 round set out to shed 9% of the workforce, by the Statesman's account, and April 2025 took about 3% more. The latest annual report put the count near 16,000, Skift reported in August 2026. Most of the April 2025 cuts came in product and technology, and January's Seattle notice included product and technology titles.

Expedia's filings describe a restructuring program that began in 2024 and kept expanding, and its second-quarter 2026 report showed program charges of about $70 million in each year's first six months, 2025 and 2026 alike, mostly severance, stock-based compensation and benefits, with about $35 million more expected. That report gives totals, not what any one person got, so if you're offered a package, it's worth asking how many weeks of pay it includes, how long health coverage lasts and when it's paid.

A sourced history of Expedia layoffs

• September 2026, global finance reorganization

  Expedia's notice to Washington listed 58 Seattle roles, from data scientists and tax directors to an SVP, and an internal email said the changes centered on the global finance team, the Springfield Daily Citizen reported.

• August 2026, eight senior tech leaders out

  Expedia cut eight senior leaders, among them the senior vice president of book-to-trip technology, as it shifted authority to smaller AI-focused squads, Skift reported.

• January 2026, Seattle and Austin office cuts

  Expedia's January 28 notice to Washington set 162 Seattle layoffs for April, from content designers to a vice president of experience design, and 100 Austin office jobs were slated to go in the same round, per the Austin American-Statesman.

• April 2025, product, technology and finance restructuring

  Expedia laid off about 3% of its workforce, mostly mid-level people in product and technology, after restructuring its marketing team in early March, Skift reported. A source close to the company said it would also be hiring for the right roles.

• February 2024, about 1,500 roles in a restructuring

  Expedia began telling some affected employees on February 26 and put the cost at $80 million to $100 million, mostly severance and compensation benefits, its SEC filing said. In Austin, dozens of workers lost their jobs, the Austin American-Statesman later reported.

• February 2020, about 3,000 jobs after a disappointing 2019

  The cuts reached about 3,000 employees, about 12% of the direct workforce and 500 of them at the Seattle headquarters, Bloomberg reported.

What to do if you're laid off from Expedia

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Expedia's biggest hubs: Washington, Texas. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Expedia's hub states run: Washington, Texas, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.