The Durham semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed will lay off around 10% of its global workforce, the company told The News & Observer on Wednesday, in a move that eliminates several hundred jobs near North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park.
Wolfspeed spokesperson Kris Camacho said the company will notify workers impacted by the layoffs over the next few days.
Prior to this week’s job cuts, the company had already reduced another 10% of its staff in the previous three months through attrition and voluntary exit agreements. As of June, Wolfspeed employed around 5,000 workers worldwide, with more than half based locally. The majority of the upcoming layoffs will impact workers in North Carolina, the company confirmed, though it did not share an exact figure.
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