US Layoffs Roundup (9/12/2026)
- Oracle - expanding its 2026 restructuring plan by another $700 million, bringing expected restructuring costs to about $2.8 billion, largely tied to severance and job cuts; the number of additional layoffs was not disclosed.
- School District of Palm Beach County - cutting 244 positions following an enrollment decline; the district says the budget reductions are expected to result in position eliminations and subsequent layoffs.
- Montrose Forest Products - 90 employees at its Colorado mill face permanent layoffs under a WARN notice filed with the state.
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering - cutting 65 employees, including programmer analysts, software engineers, program directors, web developers, computer services consultants and network engineers.
- Visionary Realms - developer of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen announced layoffs as part of a restructuring; the number of employees affected was not disclosed.
- McClatchy - follow-up reporting says more than 90 unionized journalists were cut across 17 newspapers nationwide.
- Idaho Statesman - follow-up reporting indicates the McClatchy cuts eliminated roughly half or more of the newspaper's journalists, with one report describing about 60% of the staff as affected.
- Fresno Bee - follow-up reporting says the McClatchy layoffs eliminated as much as 40% of the newsroom.
- Sacramento Bee - follow-up reporting confirms the newspaper's final three sports journalists were eliminated, effectively wiping out the sports department.
- The State - South Carolina newspaper was also hit by the McClatchy layoffs, including elimination of its environmental reporter position.
- Lexington Herald-Leader - additional reporting describes the McClatchy layoffs as a major reduction at the newspaper; several reporters were among those eliminated.
- Charlotte Observer - follow-up reporting confirms eight journalists were lost in the McClatchy layoffs.
- Conifer / Tenet - follow-up reporting puts the previously announced workforce reduction at 1,037 primarily remote employees across the U.S. tied to the departure of a major customer.
- CLYNK - follow-up reporting confirms a WARN notice covering 54 employees as the company closes its Biddeford, Maine facility.
- Ruiz Foods - follow-up reporting puts the California job cuts at 176 employees following the company's headquarters move to Texas.
- Business Insider - its unions issued a statement criticizing management's continued use of layoffs; the alert does not specify the size of the latest reduction.
- Block - CFO discussed the company's earlier AI-related workforce reduction of about 40%; this was not a new layoff announcement.
- Amazon - new reporting on Seattle office consolidation notes that more than 7,200 local employees have been affected by previous layoffs since 2022; no new layoff round was identified in the report.
- Meta - new reporting on additional Washington office space being put up for sublease references layoffs that began July 22; no new layoff round was identified.
- Disney - mentioned in reporting as having conducted previous rounds of layoffs and offered early retirement to longtime executives; no new layoff announcement was identified.