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Company-wide/Location Not Specified

• Oracle is cutting 21,000 workers company-wide, with keywords including AI, restructuring, data center costs, and automation.
• Lucid is cutting more than 1,000 workers company-wide, with keywords including EV, cost-cutting, production reduction, and COO departure.
• Ethereum Foundation is cutting 20% of staff company-wide, with keywords including reorganization, leadership exodus, blockchain, and foundation.
• iHeartMedia has layoffs affecting an unknown number of programming workers company-wide, with keywords including programming, strategy shift, decision-making, and innovation.
• Electronic Arts has reported layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers company-wide, with keywords including recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT.
• Wells Fargo has layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers across multiple locations, with keywords including H-1B, reorganization, filings, and banking.

Tennessee

• West Tennessee employers have closures and layoffs affecting nearly 1,900 workers in West Tennessee, with keywords including WARN, closures, layoffs, and 2026.
• An unidentified Brentwood business is closing and cutting 150 workers in Brentwood, with keywords including business closure, layoffs, job loss, and Tennessee.

Massachusetts

• Coca-Cola is closing its Northampton plant and cutting about 175 workers in Northampton, with keywords including plant closure, bottling, WARN, and layoffs.

New Jersey

• Verizon and another New Jersey employer may cut 260 workers in New Jersey, with keywords including WARN, Basking Ridge, employer notices, and layoffs.

California

• Lucid is cutting an unknown number of workers in the Bay Area, with keywords including EV maker, second round, profitability, and layoffs.
• Ubisoft is cutting 93 workers in San Francisco, with keywords including WARN, games, roles, and layoffs.

Arizona

• Lucid is cutting hundreds of workers in Casa Grande, with keywords including EV factory, Arizona, cost-cutting, and layoffs.

Connecticut

• A Bradley International Airport contractor is cutting 100 workers in Windsor Locks, with keywords including airport, contractor, permanent layoffs, and Bradley.
• An unidentified Connecticut employer has announced mass layoffs after losing a prominent contract, with keywords including contract loss, mass layoffs, Connecticut, and Patch.

Kentucky

• Premier Candle U.S. Corp. has layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Graves County, with keywords including acquisition, candle company, Mayfield, and workforce cuts.

Michigan

• General Motors has cut 1,000 workers in Detroit, with keywords including EV factory, robots, UAW, and automation.
• General Motors previously had temporary and permanent layoffs affecting 2,500 workers at Factory Zero in Detroit, with keywords including EV factory, temporary layoffs, permanent layoffs, and automakers.

Canada

• Crossley Carpet Mills has issued layoff notices affecting an unknown number of workers in Truro, Nova Scotia, with keywords including carpet, economy, notices, and Canada.

Potential/Unconfirmed Layoffs

• The Senate defense bill seeks to limit future civilian layoffs affecting an unknown number of Department of Defense workers, with keywords including defense bill, cyber talent, protections, and civilian workforce.
• ESPN is reportedly considering mass layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including media, mass layoffs, ESPN, and reporting.
• Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford has proposed an AI-related layoffs transparency law affecting an unknown number of future reported layoffs, with keywords including AI, transparency, legislation, and reporting.
• Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring reporting on AI-related layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including Jacobs, Horsford, Moylan, AI impacts, and Labor Department.
• The U.S. Office of National Intelligence has reported firings affecting an unknown number of workers, with keywords including intelligence, firings, federal workforce, and agency.

National/Other Commentary and Analysis

• Yahoo Tech reports nearly 155,000 tech jobs cut in 2026 across companies including Meta, LinkedIn, Lucid, and Robinhood, with keywords including tech layoffs, TrueUp, 2026, and job cuts.
• TechCrunch tracks major 2026 tech layoffs where employers cited AI, with keywords including running list, tech, AI, and layoffs.
• Business Insider discusses C-suite downsizing at Lucid, with keywords including executives, downsizing, SEC filing, and job cuts.
• MSN lists 15 companies that have said they are doing AI-related layoffs, with keywords including AI, companies, layoffs, and roundup.
• Inc. reports Ikea used AI to grow revenue without layoffs, with keywords including no confirmed layoffs, chatbot, 8,500 workers, and customer calls.
• Supply Chain Management Review reports AI adoption does not match the mass layoff narrative, with keywords including Gartner, AI adoption, workforce reductions, and analysis.
• Bold Journey Magazine discusses bouncing back from job loss, with keywords including job loss, career, layoffs, and advice.
• Tech Policy Press discusses tech union formation amid layoffs, with keywords including union, Meta, AI, and tech layoffs.

https://anz.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/ai-and-emerging-tech/ai-layoffs-expected-by-99percent-of-executives-young-employees-could-be-hit-hardest-survey-50418

Thousands of public school employees face layoff warnings across the U.S. This wave of job cuts is the largest in over a decade. Districts cite declining enrollment and rising costs as major factors. The expiration of pandemic-era federal aid also contributes to financial strain. Major cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas are affected.

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/layoff-warnings-hit-thousands-of-school-employees/2026/06

Texas

• Saks Global is cutting 67 workers in downtown Dallas, Texas through the closure of the Neiman Marcus flagship store, with keywords including retail, store closure, restructuring, and cost cutting.
• El Paso ISD is cutting about 249-250 workers in El Paso, Texas under financial exigency, with keywords including education, budget deficit, declining enrollment, and funding cuts.
• Bell Textron is cutting 285 workers in Amarillo, Texas and implementing furloughs, with keywords including aerospace, production transition, cost reduction, and restructuring.
• BSA Health System has announced layoffs affecting about 60 workers in Amarillo, Texas, with keywords including healthcare, workforce reduction, expenses, and restructuring.
• MW Components is cutting 53 workers at a Houston, Texas fastener plant, with keywords including manufacturing, plant operations, WARN notice, and restructuring.
• Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake is cutting 65 workers in Houston, Texas during a hotel renovation, with keywords including hospitality, renovation, closure, and workforce reduction.
• Toshiba International has announced layoffs in Houston, Texas, with keywords including manufacturing, WARN filing, restructuring, and cost reduction.
• Dow is reducing workforce positions in Texas facilities as part of a 4,500-job global restructuring, with keywords including chemicals, transformation plan, efficiency, and cost cutting.

California

• Centria Autism is permanently cutting 48 workers in Fresno, California, with keywords including autism services, healthcare, WARN notice, and workforce reduction.
• Ubisoft is cutting 93 workers in San Francisco, California, with keywords including gaming, restructuring, publishing, and cost reduction.
• ServiceNow is cutting 63 workers in San Diego, California, with keywords including software, workforce reduction, restructuring, and technology.
• Gallo is cutting 20 workers in Lodi, California, with keywords including wine production, manufacturing, operations, and workforce reduction.
• Yolo County is cutting 26 workers in California while eliminating additional vacant positions, with keywords including government, budget deficit, workforce reduction, and cost savings.
• California Academy of Sciences employees are facing layoffs in San Francisco, California, with keywords including nonprofit, museum, budget concerns, and workforce reduction.
• Palo Alto hotel workers were laid off and replaced by contractors in Palo Alto, California, with keywords including hospitality, outsourcing, staffing changes, and workforce reduction.
• ABA Centers of America has conducted layoffs in California locations, with keywords including behavioral health, autism services, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Comprehensive Autism Center has announced layoffs in Temecula, California, with keywords including behavioral health, therapy services, cost pressures, and workforce reduction.
• Meta-related catering contractor Lavish Roots is cutting 263 workers in Burien-linked California support operations, with keywords including contract loss, food services, Meta, and workforce reduction.

Tennessee

• CACI is cutting 75 workers at Millington Naval Base in Tennessee, with keywords including defense contracting, military support, WARN notice, and workforce reduction.
• Memphis Light Gas and Water eliminated jobs in Memphis, Tennessee through restructuring, with keywords including utilities, modernization, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Hollywood Feed is cutting 20 corporate staff positions in Memphis, Tennessee, with keywords including retail, headquarters, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• WK Kellogg is cutting workers in Memphis, Tennessee after a plant shutdown, with keywords including food manufacturing, facility closure, WARN notice, and layoffs.

Pennsylvania

• UPMC is cutting about 200 workers and eliminating 300 open positions across Pennsylvania, with keywords including healthcare, efficiency, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• JBS is cutting nearly 1,500 workers through the closure of its Souderton, Pennsylvania beef plant, with keywords including food processing, plant closure, manufacturing, and layoffs.
• Chandler Hall staff in Newtown, Pennsylvania could face layoffs following a sale, with keywords including senior care, ownership change, restructuring, and potential layoffs.
• Community Healthlink is cutting 127 workers in Massachusetts-linked regional healthcare operations, with keywords including healthcare, closure, WARN notice, and workforce reduction.

Minnesota

• Mankato Clinic is cutting nearly 100 workers in Mankato, Minnesota, with keywords including healthcare, rising costs, workforce reduction, and restructuring.

Florida

• Sanitas Medical Centers is cutting 211 healthcare jobs across Florida locations, with keywords including healthcare, restructuring, clinic operations, and workforce reduction.
• ARC-Southeast has begun layoffs in Georgia and Florida regional operations, with keywords including nonprofit, reproductive health, funding gap, and workforce reduction.

Illinois

• Hawthorne Race Course warned of 290 potential layoffs in Illinois, with keywords including gaming, horse racing, WARN notice, and potential closure.

Iowa

• Whirlpool is cutting 288 workers at its Amana, Iowa facility, with keywords including manufacturing, second-shift elimination, appliances, and workforce reduction.
• Iowa state IT workers are facing layoffs tied to outsourcing plans, with keywords including government, technology, outsourcing, and workforce reduction.

Oregon

• Portland State University is issuing faculty layoff notices amid a $35 million budget deficit in Oregon, with keywords including higher education, budget cuts, faculty, and workforce reduction.
• Portland Public Schools employees are facing layoffs in Oregon, with keywords including education, staffing reductions, budget pressures, and labor dispute.

Washington

• SJC Health & Community Services is reducing staff on San Juan Island, Washington after grant funding cuts, with keywords including nonprofit, healthcare, grants, and workforce reduction.
• Eko has announced layoffs at its Bentonville-linked regional operations affecting Washington-connected workers, with keywords including manufacturing, restructuring, workforce reduction, and operations.
• Lavish Roots is cutting 263 workers in Washington after losing a Meta contract, with keywords including catering, contract loss, food services, and workforce reduction.

Colorado

• CAE is closing operations in Pueblo, Colorado and cutting workers, with keywords including aviation training, facility closure, defense, and layoffs.

Ohio

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District employees are facing layoffs in Ohio, with keywords including education, staffing reductions, budget pressures, and workforce reduction.

Missouri

• Missouri Department of Conservation is cutting 106 positions in Missouri, with keywords including government, conservation, budget pressures, and workforce reduction.

Maryland

• University System of Maryland institutions are conducting layoffs affecting AFSCME-represented employees, with keywords including higher education, union opposition, restructuring, and workforce reduction.

Vermont

• UVM Health Network is conducting another round of layoffs in Vermont, with keywords including healthcare, budget gap, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Burlington adopted a budget eliminating vacant positions while avoiding layoffs, with keywords including municipal government, vacancies, fiscal sustainability, and layoffs avoided.

New Jersey

• Citibank is cutting 68 workers in Bergen and Hudson counties, New Jersey, with keywords including banking, workforce reduction, restructuring, and WARN notice.

Massachusetts

• Fall River Public Schools issued layoff notices to educators in Massachusetts, with keywords including education, staffing reductions, budget pressures, and workforce reduction.
• Community Healthlink is closing and cutting 127 workers in Massachusetts, with keywords including behavioral health, closure, WARN notice, and workforce reduction.
• Boston city departments face potential layoffs under budget changes, with keywords including municipal government, budget debate, transportation, and workforce reduction.

New Mexico

• Lovelace Health System is cutting 43 workers in New Mexico, with keywords including healthcare, administrative roles, policy pressures, and workforce reduction.

Arkansas

• Eko has announced layoffs at its Bentonville facility in Arkansas, with keywords including manufacturing, restructuring, operations, and workforce reduction.

Connecticut

• Stamford Public Schools is cutting educators and reassigning staff in Connecticut, with keywords including education, enrollment decline, layoffs, and labor dispute.

Multi-State: Texas and Tennessee

• Ardent-owned health systems announced layoffs in Texas and New Mexico operations, with keywords including healthcare, rising costs, restructuring, and workforce reduction.

Multi-State: Pennsylvania and Maryland

• General Dynamics Information Technology warned that 174 Pentagon workers in Virginia-linked federal operations could face layoffs, with keywords including defense, federal contracting, WARN notice, and workforce reduction.

Company-wide/Location Not Specified

• Robinhood is cutting about 290 workers or 10% of its workforce, with keywords including fintech, flattening management, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Rivian is cutting hundreds of workers affecting less than 2% of staff, with keywords including electric vehicles, efficiency, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Target is cutting 500 workers, with keywords including retail, leadership changes, supply chain, and workforce reduction.
• Rackspace is cutting 15% of its workforce, with keywords including cloud computing, AI strategy, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Salesforce is conducting another round of layoffs, with keywords including AI, software, Agentforce, and workforce reduction.
• Centene is offering broad employee buyouts and may conduct layoffs if targets are not met, with keywords including health insurance, cost cutting, voluntary separation, and restructuring.
• NPR eliminated positions including climate desk staff, with keywords including media, newsroom restructuring, climate coverage, and layoffs.
• NBCUniversal eliminated six positions through a studio merger, with keywords including entertainment, consolidation, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Artlist is cutting 200 jobs or about 40% of its workforce, with keywords including media technology, AI, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Dow is cutting 4,500 workers globally, with keywords including chemicals, transformation plan, efficiency, and restructuring.
• Neumora is cutting 35% of staff after clinical trial failures, with keywords including biotechnology, dr-g development, cost savings, and workforce reduction.
• Oracle is continuing technology-sector layoffs, with keywords including software, AI, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• Teva is cutting 250 workers in its API business, with keywords including pharmaceuticals, restructuring, divestiture, and workforce reduction.
• Genentech has conducted another round of research and development layoffs, with keywords including biotechnology, restructuring, executives, and workforce reduction.
• Meta previously cut about 8,000 workers and reassigned employees during AI restructuring, with keywords including artificial intelligence, reorganization, workforce reduction, and technology.
• JBS is restructuring meat-processing operations resulting in more than 2,000 combined layoffs, with keywords including food processing, plant closures, manufacturing, and workforce reduction.

Potential/Unconfirmed Layoffs

• Xbox is preparing significant layoffs and possible studio closures under a business reset, with keywords including gaming, restructuring, budget cuts, and potential layoffs.
• Ubisoft is closing studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade and could eliminate up to 380 positions globally, with keywords including gaming, studio closures, consultation, and potential layoffs.
• Sparhawk Trucking warned workers not to rely on continued operations as bankruptcy proceedings continue, with keywords including trucking, Chapter 11, WARN warning, and potential layoffs.
• Hawthorne Race Course warned of 290 possible layoffs if a sale does not occur, with keywords including gaming, horse racing, contingency planning, and potential layoffs.
• St. Landry Parish Schools warned that layoffs and school closures may be necessary, with keywords including education, financial crisis, debt, and potential layoffs.
• Chandler Hall staff could face layoffs after a facility ownership transfer, with keywords including senior care, sale process, restructuring, and potential layoffs.
• Centene signaled layoffs may follow buyouts if participation targets are missed, with keywords including health insurance, voluntary separation, restructuring, and potential layoffs.

National/Other Commentary and Analysis

• Multiple reports discussed AI-driven job cuts, technology-sector layoff trends, labor-market impacts, and workforce restructuring without identifying a specific layoff event.
• Several articles analyzed public-school layoff warnings, healthcare workforce reductions, and broader economic trends rather than a single employer action.
• Commentary pieces examined Meta, AI adoption, unemployment trends, and future workforce disruption without reporting a new specific layoff event.

California

• Comprehensive Autism Center has layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Temecula, with keywords including behavioral health, autism therapy, diagnostic testing, and provider cuts.
• Ubisoft is cutting around 100 workers at its San Francisco studio, with keywords including game studio, latest round, studio closures, and multi-year restructuring.

Connecticut

• Stamford Public Schools is preparing layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Stamford, with keywords including 900 fewer students, involuntary transfers, teachers union, and budget cuts.

Ohio

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District has layoff warnings affecting an unknown number of workers in Cleveland, with keywords including public schools, staff cuts, education funding, and nationwide warnings.

Pennsylvania

• Penn has spending cuts and prior layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Philadelphia, with keywords including FY27 budget, Graduate School of Education, multi-year effort, and operating cuts.

Tennessee

• Hollywood Feed is cutting 20 corporate staff workers at its Memphis headquarters, with keywords including headquarters, corporate staff, Tennessee, and layoffs.

Texas

• BSA Health System and Bell Textron have reported layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in Amarillo, with keywords including employer statements, health system, Bell Textron, and local layoffs.

Multi-State: Not Specified

• JBS and Pilgrim’s Pride are closing meat plants and cutting at least 2,000 workers across unspecified locations, with keywords including manufacturing reshuffle, meat plants, plant closures, and food production.
• UPMC is cutting 200 workers and 300 open positions across its health system, with keywords including healthcare, open positions, systemwide layoffs, and workforce reduction.

United Kingdom

• BBC is planning to cut around 2,000 jobs across the organization, with keywords including news division, restructuring, budget cuts, and broadcaster layoffs.

Denmark

• Topsoe has laid off the majority of workers in its PtX division in Denmark, with keywords including smaller division, power-to-X, clean energy, and restructuring.

Singapore

• Singapore employers cut 3,830 workers in the January-to-March period, with keywords including restructuring, Ministry of Manpower, three-year high, and quarterly layoffs.

Nigeria

• Nigeria food and beverage employers face potential mass layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers across the sector, with keywords including rising costs, forex crisis, FOBTOB, and food industry.

Philippines

• TTEC has workforce adjustments affecting an unknown number of workers in the Philippines, with keywords including customer experience, need-based layoffs, worker pushback, and outsourcing.

Potential/Unconfirmed Layoffs

• Thousands of U.S. public-school employees face layoff warnings across unspecified states, with keywords including education system, school staff, funding pressure, and layoff warnings.
• Xbox Game Studios faces potential mass layoffs and studio closures affecting an unknown number of workers in unspecified locations, with keywords including Craig Duncan, executive departure, Compulsion Games, and July layoffs.
• Centene is offering buyouts to most staff and may pursue layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers across unspecified locations, with keywords including membership losses, workforce shrinkage, buyouts, and health insurer.
• Compulsion Games and Arkane Lyon face potential Xbox studio closures affecting an unknown number of workers in unspecified locations, with keywords including Microsoft, studio shutdown, game development, and layoffs loom.
• Microsoft is weighing an Xbox spinoff and planning July layoffs affecting an unknown number of workers in unspecified locations, with keywords including revenue decline, gaming division, spinoff, and fiscal year close.

Company-wide/Location Not Specified

• Neumora is cutting 35 percent of staff in an unspecified location, with keywords including navacaprant, depression studies, Koastal trial, and annual savings.
• IRS Taxpayer Services lost more than 11,000 workers and reassigned 1,173 higher-paid employees to lower-grade positions in unspecified locations, with keywords including filing season, TIGTA, reassigned staff, and federal workforce.
• Meta cut about 8,000 workers and shifted 7,000 into AI roles in unspecified locations, with keywords including AI restructuring, workforce strain, Zuckerberg mistakes, and no more layoffs.
• A product designer was laid off from an unspecified company and built a layoff support tool, with keywords including vibe-coded, support tool, job loss, and product design.
• A young Meta data researcher was laid off in an unspecified location, with keywords including AI, job market, career rethink, and layoff rumors.

National/Other Commentary and Analysis

• TechCrunch reported that the AI layoff wave has affected nearly 150,000 tech workers this year, with keywords including AI layoffs, tech companies, workforce displacement, and powder keg.
• HRD America reported AI-driven hiring growth despite major tech layoffs, with keywords including tech talent, hiring shift, labor market, and large providers.
• Entrepreneur and KSL reported Zuckerberg’s comments on Meta’s AI reshaping and May layoffs, with keywords including internal memo, AI workforce, mistakes, and no more layoffs.
• PC Gamer and Video Games Chronicle reported Microsoft CEO comments on Xbox monetization ahead of expected layoffs, with keywords including videogames, YouTube, monetization, and Xbox strategy.
• The HR Digest reported companies rehiring workers after AI layoffs, with keywords including hiring managers, replaced workers, AI roles, and human workers.
• The Tech Buzz reported AI layoffs alongside AI wealth creation, with keywords including tech insiders, billion-dollar fortunes, displacement, and AI economy.
• Nation Thailand reported broader risks from AI layoffs for workers and demand, with keywords including consumer purchasing power, firms, demand decline, and labor risk.
• Yahoo Finance reported on tech workers considering trade jobs after layoffs, with keywords including burnout, unstable startups, career change, and skilled trades.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported potential Georgia layoff implications from the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, with keywords including Turner Networks, ownership changes, media jobs, and Atlanta.
• Harvard Business Review discussed AI content compensation while referencing layoff avoidance, with keywords including AI companies, fair rates, content, and business strategy.

lol for me I think most of the onshore United States jobs will be made obsolete or outsourced by the end of 2028. What do you guys think?

Washington

• Expeditors International is cutting 230 jobs across five Washington locations, with keywords including Bellevue, logistics, WARN notice, workplace restructuring, and a decades-long no-layoff reputation.
• Lavish Roots is laying off 263 Seattle-area catering and corporate dining workers tied to Meta offices, with keywords including cooks, dish machine operators, pastry chefs, lost contract, and supported handoff.

California

• Salesforce is cutting dozens of jobs in San Francisco across Agentforce, MuleSoft, and Marketing Cloud, with keywords including AI revenue, AI agents, business software pressure, and third layoff round in nine months.
• Yolo County supervisors approved 26 layoffs and 124 vacant-position reductions to address a $35 million deficit, with keywords including county budget cuts, workforce reduction, and public-sector layoffs.
• San Francisco and Concord immigration courts are affected by shutdowns, layoffs, and reduced resources, with keywords including immigration court closure, advocacy impact, and case-transfer pressure.
• Los Angeles City Hall moved to halt remaining layoff proceedings after budget uncertainty, with keywords including $96.8 million deficit, CAO Matt Szabo, positions cut, and avoided layoffs.

California and Washington

• Meta layoffs affected managers and software engineers in California and Washington as AI spending rises, with keywords including small teams, AI tools, software engineering, management cuts, and internal restructuring.

Pennsylvania

• UPMC is laying off about 200 employees and eliminating about 300 open positions, with keywords including Pittsburgh, health system, non-clinical roles, non-member-facing roles, and 500 total positions eliminated.

Iowa

• The State of Iowa is laying off more than 200 state IT workers as it privatizes IT management, with keywords including Gov. Kim Reynolds, public employees, IT outsourcing, and state government layoffs.

North Carolina

• DownLite International is shutting down its Union County manufacturing plant and laying off over 100 workers, with keywords including bedding manufacturer, WARN report, plant closure, and manufacturing layoffs.

New York

• The New School announced faculty layoffs framed as rebalancing staffing levels with enrollment and budget needs, with keywords including AAUP, higher education, faculty cuts, staff levels, and budget alignment.

Vermont

• UVM Health is cutting 142 positions as part of restructuring, including 76 permanently eliminated positions and 66 roles to be reposted with revised responsibilities, with keywords including healthcare network, restructuring, and workforce reduction.
• A Vermont dairy products processing operation is eliminating 99 jobs in a separate layoff event, with keywords including dairy processing, plant jobs, Vermont layoffs, and manufacturing-food production.

Colorado

• Colorado School of Mines laid off about 1% of its workforce amid higher education budget pressure, with keywords including university cuts, federal funding pressure, budget crisis, and workforce reduction.

Minnesota

• Mankato Clinic is laying off about 10% of its workforce, roughly just under 100 to 100 employees, with keywords including southern Minnesota, ancillary staff, support staff, leadership, management, and independent clinic.

Oregon

• Portland Public Schools employees and union leaders are pushing back against planned layoffs, with keywords including PPS, school board meeting, contract grievance, teachers union, staffing shortages, and layoff notices.

Wyoming

• St. John's Health in Jackson Hole is trying to avoid layoffs by not refilling vacant positions, with keywords including financial challenges, hiring freeze, attrition, and hospital workforce management.

Massachusetts

• Community Healthlink layoffs tied to a closing Worcester County health provider increased from 84 to 127, with keywords including WARN filings, provider closure, and healthcare layoffs.
• Fall River Public Schools issued layoff notices to 213 educators, though many may be spared, with keywords including 73 teachers at risk, special education, license waivers, and school layoffs.

Tennessee

• Greater Memphis Chamber discussed business wins amid layoffs connected to Kellogg's, with keywords including Memphis, job market transition, business development, and workforce displacement.

Illinois

• A Burr Ridge plant is closing this summer with layoffs expected, with keywords including production consolidation, plant closure, manufacturing workforce cuts, and facility shutdown.

Canada

• Ubisoft is closing its Winnipeg studio as part of a restructuring that could eliminate up to 380 roles, with keywords including studio closure, gaming layoffs, As-----n's Creed, and restructuring.

Serbia

• Ubisoft is closing its Belgrade studio as part of the same restructuring that could eliminate up to 380 roles, with keywords including studio closure, gaming layoffs, consultation process, and restructuring.

Spain

• Ubisoft Barcelona is expected to remain open but is tied to the broader Ubisoft restructuring affecting up to 380 roles, with keywords including Barcelona, consultation, gaming industry, and cost-cutting.

China

• Chinese companies are reportedly using quiet layoffs as AI adoption expands, with keywords including AI replacement, labor law, stability concerns, non-public headcount reduction, and Beijing policy pressure.

India

• Indian IT firms are being discussed in the context of layoffs and hiring cuts tied to AI transformation, with keywords including AI agents, human workers, job replacement, tech hiring cuts, and IT services disruption.

No State or Exact Location Given

• Teva is reportedly laying off 250 workers at its TAPI API unit while searching for a new owner, with keywords including pharma restructuring, active pharmaceutical ingredients, API unit, and $700 million savings plan.
• Kyndryl staff are weighing redundancy packages while executives receive shares, with keywords including enterprise IT services, redundancy, executive compensation, and employee uncertainty.
• FanDuel went through a third layoff round in a year affecting a few hundred employees, with keywords including software engineering, gaming, sports betting, repeated job cuts, and operational restructuring.
• Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning startup reportedly had layoffs for unclear reasons, with keywords including identity tech, AI scapegoat, startup cuts, and workforce reduction.

National/Other Commentary and AI Layoff Analysis

• Klarna and IBM were cited in a broader AI layoff discussion about companies reducing headcount without clear return gains, with keywords including AI layoff trap, quality issues, judgment issues, and reversed layoffs.
• Palantir CEO Alex Karp said Palantir plans to freeze hiring rather than conduct sweeping AI layoffs, with keywords including AI productivity, hiring freeze, executive messaging, and workforce leverage.
• Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale warned that some companies may use AI as a justification for layoffs actually driven by other issues, with keywords including AI excuse, executive claims, and workforce cuts.
• Boston University research warned that AI-driven layoffs could hurt workers and firms if lost paychecks reduce consumer spending, with keywords including AI layoff trap, demand erosion, macroeconomic risk, and worker displacement.
• Google DeepMind economist Alex Imas said AI is not yet causing a jobs bloodbath but warned of a possible layoff cascade, with keywords including AI pressure, adaptation, labor market risk, and future layoffs.

The Social Security Administration is undergoing significant workforce reductions. Over 7,000 jobs, representing 12-13% of its staff, are being eliminated. This restructuring is part of federal cost-cutting initiatives. Lawmakers and advocates express concerns about potential service delays for millions. Critics argue these cuts are weakening the system and worsening backlogs. The SSA maintains these changes will modernize service delivery and improve efficiency.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06/social-security-slashes-7000-jobs-faces-service-strain.html

Are we being spared this time?

Over 5,100 workers faced layoffs across the U.S. supply chain sector. These job cuts affected logistics, manufacturing, and transportation companies. Major employers like FreshRealm, GEODIS, Ryder, and DSV announced significant reductions. Reasons included restructuring, contract losses, and softening industrial demand. Layoffs spanned at least 20 states, impacting various facility types.

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/more-5-100-freight-related-110000455.html

Today HR announces that CVS will no longer support H1b or any other visa type to hire foreigners.

American jobs for Americans!!!! YES!!!!!!

What's your take away from the US Town Hall? Observations

Colleges across the United States announced hundreds of layoffs and buyouts in April. Budget deficits, state funding reductions, and enrollment losses drove these decisions. Hampshire College and Anna Maria College are closing and laying off hundreds of employees. The University of Maryland and University of Wisconsin also plan significant job reductions. Syracuse University and East Carolina University are eliminating programs and offering faculty buyouts.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/cost-cutting/2026/05/04/college-closures-contributed-deep-cuts-april

Many mid-career millennials are dissatisfied with their current jobs. They prefer an external push like a layoff to voluntarily leaving. A survey by online education platform ELVTR found 37% of millennials are unhappy in their roles. Nearly six in 10 hoped for a layoff to exit their job. This trend is called "career dysmorphia" by ELVTR's CEO.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91502603/millennials-dont-want-to-quit-they-want-to-get-laid-off

WARN notices indicate ongoing U.S. company layoffs in May. These notices provide public indicators of large job cuts. Companies across various industries are announcing reductions. Meta plans to lay off 8,000 global employees starting May 20. Other firms like Swedish Match and GDIT also announced cuts.

https://www.newsweek.com/list-of-companies-laying-off-employees-in-may-11859936

https://techgig.com/amp/news/jobs-layoffs/ai-reshapes-tech-jobs-indian-it-firms-issue-layoff-warnings/130165883

McKinsey & Co. will reduce its workforce. Cuts will affect non-client-facing divisions. Up to ten percent of staff may be impacted. This could affect several thousand employees over two years. Other major consulting firms have also announced recent layoffs.

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/mckinsey-layoffs-show-white-collar-131646321.html

The Washington Post is rehiring journalists laid off in February. This action aims to stabilize its newsroom. Some staff returned on a temporary basis. Others were rehired for full-time positions. The union is monitoring these rehiring efforts.

https://tomorrowspublisher.today/content-creation/washington-post-reverses-some-layoffs-to-stabilise-newsroom/amp/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=jetpack_social

KPMG is reducing its U.S. audit partner count. Approximately 100 partners are exiting the firm. An early retirement initiative did not meet its goals. The firm aims to align partner ranks with its audit business. Departing partners will receive financial packages and support.

https://qz.com/kpmg-cutting-audit-partners-early-retirement-042426

Local schools are currently experiencing various impacts. These impacts include ongoing strikes by staff. Possible layoffs are also a concern for these institutions. Furthermore, other unspecified factors are affecting the schools. The overall situation for local education is challenging.

https://fox40.com/video/local-schools-impacted-by-strikes-possible-layoffs-and-more/11590206/

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Wren Kitchens ceased all operations in the United States immediately. This action resulted in hundreds of employees losing their jobs. Former workers reported receiving no advance notice of the closures. The company's U.S. website was shut down, confirming the closures. No specific reason was provided for the decision to halt U.S. business.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/last-minute-layoffs-affect-hundreds-032555838.html

An increase of $5,000,000,000+ in debt in just 3 months!

https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/24/IBM_s_Debt_Increased_Over_5_Billion_in_3_Months_While_IBM_Laid_.shtml

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to some U.S. employees. This marks the company's first such retirement program. Approximately 7% of the U.S. workforce is eligible. Eligibility requires a combined age and years of service totaling 70 or more. Microsoft is also adjusting its annual employee rewards system.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-plans-first-voluntary-retirement-program-for-us-employees.html

No number given, but it's in addition to 66 people affected in February.

Which companies are laying off the week of April 20?

Weekly requests for unemployment aid dropped. The number decreased by 11,000 to 207,000. This figure remains consistent with recent years. The labor market shows a "low-hire, low-fire" trend. High inflation and elevated gas prices persist.

https://www.kaaltv.com/ap-top-news/ap-top-news-business/us-jobless-claims-fall-last-week-as-layoffs-remain-low-despite-global-economic-uncertainty/

The only thing I've figured is that non-customer-facing roles will get hit hardest, especially compliance and data analysis. Anyone know more?

Elon's not happy. So employees will pay the price. What's new.

Media reports say 12K worldwide, but nothing specific for the US so far.

CBN initiated a workforce reduction. This reduction affects 8.4% of its American employees. The ministry cited a strategic realignment for these changes. The organization cited shifts in media and fundraising. CBN aims to streamline systems and focus resources on growth.

https://religionunplugged.com/news/cbn-announces-layoffs-amid-shifting-media-and-fundraising-landscape

From what I’ve seen they have fired more than 5,000 employees but I don’t see the WARN acts out anywhere?? Only for the state of WA and KY… but I know they have fired all over the country so- WTF?!

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/2026-layoffs-list-companies-cutting-jobs-year

The U.S. unemployment rate reached 4.6% by December 2025. Total layoffs for 2025 surpassed one million, marking the highest number since 2020. Artificial intelligence adoption and company restructuring contributed to these widespread job cuts. Additionally, Department of Government Efficiency cuts led to 300,000 layoffs. Twelve major metropolitan areas experienced significant unemployment rate increases between July 2024 and July 2025.

https://localnews8.com/stacker-money/2026/01/25/layoffs-are-rising-heres-where-americans-are-experiencing-the-most-job-disruption/

Following several years of headcount reductions, Takeda has unveiled another round of job cuts that will affect its commercial workforce across the U.S. The layoffs are expected to impact 243 field employees working in 47 states

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/takeda-cuts-243-us-workers-generic-competition-looms-trintellix

A North Country health care system is preparing to lay off more than 100 employees.

North Star Health Alliance made the announcement Monday afternoon.

The layoffs include management, clinical, and non-clinical employees.

https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/19/north-star-lay-off-100-employees/

Citi should be the last company to discuss or bring awareness to mental illness. For the past 3 years employees have been on the edge seeing fellow coworkers especially within the United States get impacted and their jobs being outsourced overseas. It is a never ending cycle that this company is causing. When will the “restructuring “ end? They are blaming Ai which might be a small percentage but the jobs are being shipped to other countries. Look at their career page. They don’t know what they are doing and that’s why there is no stability. As a matter fact Jane will never be Jamie Dimon if that’s what she is trying to pull.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/blackrock-cut-around-250-jobs-latest-layoffs-2026-01-13/

I know Hemsley sent an email a few months ago that said we have something like 370,000 employees. But approximately how many of those are in the US? And what do you think the split is between employees of UHC and Optum?