Layoffs at Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks will impact 612 workers in Washington according to a new filing from the state’s Employment Security Department on Thursday. The number represents more than half of the 1,100 corporate positions that Starbucks announced it was cutting in a notice to employees this week.

SEATTLE, Wash. — Starbucks is laying off 612 employees from its Seattle headquarters, according to a notice filed with Washington’s Employment Security Department. The announcement is part of a larger, companywide cut.

Starbucks is laying off 612 Seattle-based employees, part of a wave of corporate layoffs sweeping through the company.

Hundreds of Starbucks employees in the Seattle area will lose their jobs as the company's CEO tries to streamline company operations.Chairman and CEO Brian Nicc