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Qualtrics lays off 117 Seattle employees following Press Ganey acquisition

Qualtrics lays off 117 Seattle employees following Press Ganey acquisition

Money Moves Seattle, WA local

Cuts follow $6.75B merger with healthcare data firm; global total undisclosed

October 18th, 2026: Seattle separations were scheduled to begin

Overview

Updated Oct 19

Qualtrics filed a Washington state notice on September 2 listing 117 Seattle jobs, with separations scheduled to start October 18. No public report confirms the exits happened that day.

The cuts follow Qualtrics' $6.75 billion purchase of Press Ganey Forsta, a health data company, which closed in May. Chief executive Jason Maynard told staff the company went "function by function, team by team" to find overlapping roles. Cuts also hit Provo, Utah and overseas offices, and Qualtrics has not disclosed a global total.

Why it matters

Qualtrics is absorbing a $6.75 billion purchase by cutting Seattle engineers and product staff, in a year when tech layoffs dominate the region's job losses.

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Key Indicators

117
Seattle jobs cut
Employees listed in the September 2 WARN notice, with separations scheduled from October 18.
$6.75B
Press Ganey Forsta acquisition price
Deal closed in May 2026, the stated driver of the restructuring.
13%
Share of Qualtrics' 2023 Seattle workforce
Based on about 900 Seattle employees the company reported in 2023.
900
Seattle headcount as of 2023
Qualtrics' most recent public city figure; it has not updated it since.
6,766
Seattle-area info workers under 2026 layoff notices
Information-sector workers among 9,027 covered by notices in King and other counties through August 18, per the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County.

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People Involved

Jason Maynard
Jason Maynard
Chief executive officer, Qualtrics
Leading restructuring after May 2026 acquisition

Organizations Involved

Qualtrics
Qualtrics
Software company
Restructuring after the Press Ganey Forsta acquisition; 117 Seattle separations were scheduled for October 18

Makes software that companies use to collect and analyze feedback from customers, employees and partners.
Press Ganey Forsta
Press Ganey Forsta
Healthcare data company
Acquired by Qualtrics in May 2026

South Bend, Indiana-based provider of healthcare experience data and analytics.

Timeline

2023 October 2026

8 events Latest: October 18th, 2026 · 3 weeks ago
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  1. Seattle separations were scheduled to begin

    Latest Layoffs

    Qualtrics listed October 18 as the first separation date for the 117 Seattle employees in its WARN notice. No report confirms the exits occurred as scheduled.

  2. Qualtrics files WARN notice for 117 Seattle jobs

    Legal

    The Washington notice lists 117 Seattle roles, mostly software engineers, product managers, designers, analysts and marketing directors, with separations starting October 18.

  3. Employees notified of layoffs

    Layoffs

    Staff in Seattle, Provo and international offices learn their status by email.

  4. Qualtrics closes $6.75B Press Ganey Forsta deal

    Merger

    Acquisition of the healthcare data firm completes, setting up the integration cuts.

  5. Maynard removes five senior executives

    Leadership

    Teams across marketing, customer operations, IT and corporate development are reorganized.

  6. Jason Maynard becomes CEO

    Leadership

    Maynard joins from Oracle to lead Qualtrics under its private-equity owners.

  7. Qualtrics cuts about 780 jobs

    Layoffs

    Roughly 14% of the workforce is let go months after the take-private closes.

  8. Silver Lake and CPPIB take Qualtrics private

    Ownership

    Investors buy Qualtrics for $12.5 billion, ending its time as a public company.

Scenarios

1

Qualtrics discloses global cut total exceeding 117

Possible Resolves by Q1 2027

Discussed by: GeekWire, which pressed the company for an overall number after the Seattle filing

The Seattle WARN notice covers one worksite. Cuts also hit Provo, under Utah's separate rules, and international offices outside US WARN law entirely. If Qualtrics discloses a global total, or more state filings surface, the story grows from a local reduction into a broader restructuring.

2

Seattle cuts complete on schedule, no further round

Likely Resolves by Q2 2027

Discussed by: The company's own statements describing one-time integration cuts

If October 18 separations proceed as filed and no new WARN notices surface, the story closes quietly. That matches Qualtrics' framing of the layoffs as a single restructuring step tied to the Press Ganey merger.

3

Leadership churn continues after restructuring

Possible Resolves by Aug 19, 2027

Discussed by: GeekWire coverage of Maynard's April executive shake-up

Maynard already removed five senior executives in April, four months before the layoffs. Additional departures of leaders tied to the old structure would signal deeper integration of the two companies under new leadership.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

2023

Silver Lake take-private and Qualtrics' first cut wave (2023)

Silver Lake and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board took Qualtrics private for $12.5 billion in 2023. Months later, in October, the company cut about 780 jobs, roughly 14% of its workforce, after cutting about 270 earlier that year.

Then

The cuts followed the ownership transition and preceded a quieter period for the company.

Now

They established a pattern: new private-equity ownership paired with cost-cutting restructuring.

Why this matters now

Same owners, same kind of move. The current layoffs repeat the 2023 playbook after a fresh acquisition.

2025-2026

Seattle tech layoff wave (2025-2026)

An Axios review of state filings and public reports, published September 21, 2026, counted at least 20 publicly announced rounds of Seattle-area cuts in 2026, and 9,027 workers covered by layoff notices in King and other counties through August 18. The rounds Axios listed include 121 at Amazon, 117 tied to Qualtrics' Seattle headquarters, 93 at Uber, 77 at T-Mobile, 75 at TikTok and 359 in Oracle's second Washington round, which brought its statewide total to 850.

Then

Qualtrics joins a regional pattern of tech reductions in 2026.

Now

Seattle's tech workforce is absorbing repeated waves of layoffs across the industry.

Why this matters now

The 117 Seattle cuts are not isolated. They follow a wave of regional reductions that stretches across the city's largest employers.

Sources

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Washington State Employment Security Department GeekWire KIRO 7 News Seattle Yahoo Finance FinalRoundAI Axios Seattle The Seattle Times Lynnwood Times GeekWire Washington State Employment Security Department (via Lynnwood Times)