TechWerks Support staff for Defense Health Agency contracts TechWerks is laying off 87 employees in San Antonio after abruptly losing a subcontract with the Defense Health Agency. San Antonio... — read more
CarOffer / CarGurus Layoffs
CarOffer (subsidiary of CarGurus) Dealership operations staff CarOffer is closing its Addison, Texas location, leading to the loss of 101 jobs as the company shifts focus to its digital marketplace. Addison... — read more
Southwest Key Programs Layoffs
Nearly 1,300 employees of Austin-based Southwest Key Programs will lose their jobs in early October after the federal government ended the nonprofit’s refugee housing contracts amid a long-running abuse scandal. Southwest Key, the largest U.S... — read more
900 Employees Lose Jobs as Texas Reclaims Control of 7 Private-Run Jails
# Texas Jail Layoffs: 900 to Lose Jobs as State Takes Over Private Facilities Updated: June 27, 2025 By Zachary-Taylor Wright The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is taking over operations of seven state jails currently managed... — read more
JCPenney Alliance Supply Chain
JCPenney Alliance Supply Chain [Haslet, TX] - Retail distribution center shutting down - Nov. 1 - 296 layoffs Lacroix Electronics [El Paso, TX] - Electronics firm based in France is shutting down its operations in the US and Mexico, along with a... — read more
Texas Cuts 2025 Update
Mass layoffs are hitting Texas hard. Over 1,500 jobs are being cut across child care, schools, logistics and more. Some headlines: 327 child care staff out by June 30 165 food service workers cut in Irving 300 FedEx jobs gone by July 6 ... — read more
Texas is seeing an increase in mass layoffs
Yes, there are, and it’s Austin. Austin accounted for about 20% of the total number of WARN layoffs in the state during the first 10 months of 2023. Despite that, they just represent around 10% of employment in the state. So it’s increasing... — read more
PepsiCo
"The layoffs will be focused on the company’s North America beverage business, based in Purchase, N.Y., and will also hit its snacks and foods operation, which has headquarters in Chicago and Plano... — read more
Oracle layoffs
https://www.thelayoff.com/oracle https://www.computerworld.com/article/3679733/tech-layoffs-in-2022-a-timeline.html
Tesla Construction Workers Describe Exploitative, Dangerous Conditions at Texas Site
"Construction workers at a Tesla auto “gigafactory” in Austin, Texas, filed a complaint with the Department of Labor Tuesday over unsafe working conditions and wage theft. One whistleblower said their employer provided fake credentials in lieu of... — read more
Hiring freezes and layoffs in Austin
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/what-do-recent-tech-layoffs-hiring-freezes-mean-for-austin/
Texas sees one of largest jumps in unemployment claims
Texas supplied a comment to the ETA stating that layoffs in the accommodation and food services and the arts, entertainment and recreation... — read more
unemployment rate drops to under 7%
So far, the strong economic rebound has not happened. Some companies that had hoped to avoid layoffs were forced to do so in October, like energy... — read more
List of Largest Companies in Texas (measured by employee count)
RANK COMPANY CITY EMPLOYEES 1 AT&T Dallas 260,480 2 Keller Williams Austin 180,000 3 American Airlines Fort Worth 128,300 4 Livestock Investors Ltd Hereford 125,000 5 Tenet Healthcare Dallas 116,475 6 JCPenney Plano 106,000 7 Dell Round... — read more
Texas Education Agency lays off almost 40 employees
About 40 to be laid off from the TEA... TEA is a state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education. It provides guidance and resources for schools and students, according to its mission statement... — read more
Texas Redundancies and Company BKs
Do you have a list of oil and gas companies that went BK in Texas? I am primarily interested in 2016 data but if you have more that's OK. I do not think that the gov collects and publishes this info - I know that there is a portal where they post job... — read more