Vodafone Germany said it will cut or relocate about 2,300 roles over the next two years as it automates more work and simplifies its structure. The plan affects a workforce of roughly 12,000.
Jobs affected in 2026 to date, from announcements; WARN filings not included
▲ Up 17.5%vs 302,674 in 2025
Announcements, 2026 to date
380
Layoffs
323
Closures
49
Return-to-office mandates
8
Companies, 2026 to date
286
Announcements, past 30 days
94
WARN filings, 2026 to date, 100+ workers, not in the news
786
Workers in those filings
198,913
Summed over the 251 of 380 announcements that state a number. Latest announcement . The Latest table below covers the past 12 months and includes WARN filings.
6,852 workers in 76 WARN notices filed in the last 14 days, from 42 state lists. A dash means we do not have a number we can stand behind. Open postings are not hires. Every layoff this week, day by day
Layoffs by sector
Announcements in the past 12 months; each sector has its own tracker
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How the tracker works
Each row is one announcement by one company, recorded from a company statement, a state WARN notice, a regulatory filing, or a major outlet's report. The date is the day it was first made public, not the day the cuts take effect.
Jobs affected is filled in only when a source states a number. We never estimate a figure or infer one from a headline. “Not stated” means no source disclosed a number; those announcements are left out of the sum rather than counted as zero, so totals are a floor.
The tracker is updated as announcements are verified. The “Tracker updated” date shows the latest update among currently published announcements, not the date of a removal.
How to cite
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Suggested citation
Metaintro, "Metaintro Layoffs Tracker", updated November 13, 2026. https://www.metaintro.com/layoffs
Row ids and company page URLs are in the CSV and JSON downloads.
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After a layoff
WARN notices, severance, and unemployment basics
What should I do in the first week after a layoff?
Get the details in writing: your last day, final paycheck date, severance terms, and when health coverage ends. File for unemployment with your state as soon as your job ends. Do not sign a severance agreement on the spot; read the release first. Losing employer coverage opens a 60-day window to elect COBRA or enroll in a marketplace plan. Then update your resume and start applying while your network still remembers your last role.
The federal WARN Act generally requires employers with 100 or more full-time workers to give 60 days of written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff. Several states add their own rules: New York and New Jersey require 90 days, and California covers employers with 75 or more workers. WARN filings are public records, and this tracker links the notice whenever one has been filed.
In the US, no federal law requires severance. It comes from company policy, your employment contract, or a union agreement. New Jersey is a notable exception for mass layoffs covered by its state WARN law. Severance is usually paid in exchange for releasing legal claims. If you are 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to review the agreement (45 days in a group layoff) and 7 days to revoke it after signing.
Usually, yes. A layoff is a qualifying separation in every state. Apply through your state's unemployment agency right after your last day, because benefits generally start from the week you file. Most states pay up to 26 weeks. Depending on the state, severance pay can delay or reduce your benefits.
Each entry is one company announcement, recorded by the Metaintro news desk with the company, the announcement date, the type of action, and the locations involved. Sources, such as company statements, WARN notices, and filings, are linked on each row once verified, alongside our coverage. Jobs affected are listed only when a source states a number, so the totals are reported figures, not estimates; "Not stated" means no source disclosed one. Rows marked WARN filing are state WARN notices for 100 or more workers that no announcement covers yet; their workers are counted separately from jobs announced. The announcements dataset is free to download as JSON or CSV.
WARN notices cover qualifying employer actions. Check the original filing for affected sites, dates, and amendments.
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Faurecia Clean Mobility will permanently close its Franklin, Ohio plant and lay off 180 workers in five phases starting Jan. 8, 2027. The last layoffs are expected around April 30, 2027.
Marvell confirmed layoffs in Israel affecting one engineering team. The cuts involve dozens of employees across its development centers in Petah Tikva and Yokneam.
PVH announced a global workforce reduction of about 4 percent, primarily in non-consumer-facing positions. The company said the broader initiative is expected to finish by the end of fiscal 2027.
Umicore said up to 350 employees could face job loss over the next two years under a new operating model. The roles are mostly in enterprise functions across regions, not limited to Hoboken.
Mueller Water Products filed notice of permanent layoffs for 66 employees at its Atlanta corporate office. The cuts are scheduled between January and September 2027.
Nexteer Automotive said it made staffing adjustments in its Saginaw operations. The changes were tied to the planned conclusion of its hydraulic business and other manufacturing transitions.
Boeing said it will reduce its commercial airplane workforce by about 5% through layoffs and attrition. Affected employees will be notified in December.
Conagra Brands notified Missouri on Nov. 9, 2026 that it will permanently close its Macon manufacturing facility. The closure will affect 442 workers in Macon.
GM Financial, the captive finance arm of General Motors, cut about 400 employees worldwide on Nov. 6, 2026, "to support operating performance efforts," the company said.
Bosch plans to cut another 750 jobs in its mobility division at its Abstatt development site by the end of 2029, citing difficult economic conditions and structural changes in the car sector.
Bosch subsidiary Bosch Rexroth will cut about 370 jobs in Germany in its central functions and central purchasing by the end of 2030, and informed affected employees.
Qualcomm said it will cut jobs across its global workforce after annual reviews. Notifications to affected employees are set to begin in November, but no headcount was disclosed.
General Motors confirmed it will close its Brownstown Battery Assembly plant south of Detroit when the lease ends next summer. Staffing had fallen from about 300 at its peak to less than a dozen, and GM said the work and employees will move to other GM facilities.
GSK announced plans to cut up to 1,217 jobs in Belgium, 482 office staff and 735 managerial posts, over the next two years as part of its $2.5 billion restructuring. Manual workers are not affected.
Nike said its Pace overhaul will reduce roles over time, with decisions on impacted jobs beginning in 2027 and continuing in later years. The company has not yet said how many roles or which locations will be affected.
Thyssenkrupp Automotive Technology plans to cut roughly 160 to 180 jobs at Essen and Ennepetal, mainly in development and engineering, as part of a chassis business reorganisation. Specific measures are to be discussed with employee representatives.
Stelco, owned by Cleveland-Cliffs, will indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at Hamilton Works, citing US tariffs and weak demand. The company says up to 500 employees are affected; some may be offered jobs at Lake Erie Works.
GSK told staff on September 23, 2026 it proposes to consolidate some support services outside Poland, cutting up to 500 IT jobs at its Poznan tech hub, with part of the work moving to India, under its three-year restructuring programme.
PepsiCo said it is ending manufacturing and warehouse operations at its 60-year-old bottling plant in Cheverly, Maryland, laying off 143 workers, citing changes in consumer demand, technology and its operating network. Sales and delivery continue.
Merck filed a New Jersey WARN notice to lay off 54 workers at its Rahway headquarters in two phases, on Dec. 11, 2026 and Jan. 4, 2027, as part of its previously announced plan to reduce its workforce.
Samsung's Indian arm has asked around 80 to 100 executives in its television and home appliance businesses to leave in phased batches, The Economic Times reported, citing sharply higher memory chip costs. Samsung has not confirmed the cuts.
Campbell's reduced its salaried workforce through a mix of voluntary early retirement and layoffs, and also closed two snack plants as part of a wider cost programme.
Bristol Myers Squibb filed a New Jersey WARN notice covering 265 employees, including some field staff who report to New Jersey sites. It is the company's third New Jersey notice of 2026, tied to a multi-year restructuring and savings plan.
Apple cut more than 200 jobs across its Vision Pro group and Siri and software engineering teams, and confirmed a limited number of roles were affected.
General Motors filed a WARN notice for 350 layoffs from Jan. 14, 2027 at Lansing Grand River Assembly/Stamping and Lansing Regional Stamping while the plant retools. GM said it anticipates recalling affected employees after the retooling period.
GSK launched a $2.5 billion restructuring over three years with its second-quarter results, and a spokesperson confirmed it will involve global job cuts. GSK did not give a number, saying it would tell employees first.
Samsung Electronics America filed a WARN notice covering 739 roles at its Englewood Cliffs campus tied to moving its headquarters to Plano, Texas. A majority received relocation offers while others were let go, with no split disclosed.
British American Tobacco is cutting about 9,000 roles outside the US, roughly 5,500 direct eliminations plus 3,500 positions moved to outsourcing partners such as Accenture, as part of a cost-saving turnaround. Most changes are due by end of 2026.
Sonos cut about 3% of its workforce across user experience, product and design teams, a spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg. The cuts included several long-tenured design and product leaders, Bloomberg reported in July.
Lucid, under new CEO Silvio Napoli, is cutting about 18 percent of its workforce and eliminating the second production shift at its Casa Grande plant. It is the company's second reduction in four months.
Diageo's new CEO Dave Lewis has reportedly told executives to cut jobs and costs, with office and non-revenue-generating roles expected to bear the brunt. No final number has been published; an internal announcement was expected within days.
Rivian laid off several hundred employees a week after R2 deliveries began, mostly in service, customer, sales and marketing teams, as it works toward profitability.
Breitling has cut more than 50 roles at its headquarters and subsidiaries worldwide this year, in areas including HR, marketing and sustainability, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar. The cuts follow falling sales and profit as a strong Swiss franc and weaker luxury demand hit results.
GM began cutting salaried IT workers on May 11, 2026 as part of what it called a transformation of its IT organization, with plans to rehire for AI-focused skills.
Kraft Heinz said in its first-quarter 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, that it expects to eliminate about 400 positions during the rest of 2026, primarily outside North America, while adding marketing and sales staff. The filing does not say whether this includes the Heinz Wattie's New Zealand closures announced in March 2026.
Bosch plans to cut 1,400 jobs at its plant in Bursa, Turkey: 1,150 blue-collar workers by the end of 2027 and 250 white-collar employees by the end of 2030. Bosch officials cited an economic contraction.
Valmet is starting change negotiations in Finland covering up to about 2,400 employees for temporary layoffs in its Packaging and Paper and Pulp Energy and Circularity business lines plus parts of Global Supply and central functions.
Nike said it will cut about 1,400 roles in global operations, under 2% of its workforce, with most in its technology team, as part of its Win Now turnaround. The plan also modernizes Air manufacturing and relocates some Converse footwear operations; affected staff are in North America, Asia and Europe.
Redwood Materials laid off about 135 employees, roughly 10% of staff, in a restructuring to reduce management layers and focus on its energy storage business. COO Chris Lister is retiring, the company confirmed days later.
Apple confirmed it will permanently close three mall-based US retail stores in June 2026, citing tenant departures and declining mall conditions. Employees at two stores are offered transfers; Towson, the first unionized store, staff may apply for open roles.
Harley-Davidson confirmed a reduction in force affecting its global workforce, without saying how many jobs were cut. The layoffs are part of CEO Artie Starrs' plan to deliver about $150 million in fixed cost savings.
Kraft Heinz's New Zealand subsidiary Heinz Wattie's proposed on March 11, 2026 to close its Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin factories and end frozen packing in Hastings, affecting about 350 roles. It confirmed the plan on March 27, with about 300 jobs expected to go over the year, and exits frozen vegetables, coffee and dips.
Disc Medicine is cutting about 20% of its workforce, mainly in commercial and supporting functions, after the FDA issued a complete response letter for its bitopertin application on Feb. 13, 2026.
Merck will lay off 154 workers in Durham, North Carolina, 147 at its vaccine plant and seven at a nearby facility, as it ends Gardasil and Gardasil 9 production at the plant because of lower worldwide demand. Its notice to state officials was dated Feb. 24, 2026, with separations by May 1.
Whirlpool is laying off 341 workers at its Amana, Iowa refrigerator plant effective March 9, 2026, per a state WARN notice, as part of what it calls a multi-year modernization plan.
Heineken said it will cut 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, about 6-7% of its roughly 87,000 staff, over two years as beer demand weakens. CEO Dolf van den Brink said the cuts are partly due to AI and digitalization.
PepsiCo's Frito-Lay filed notice on February 10, 2026 that it will close its Rancho Cucamonga, California distribution warehouse by June 2026, laying off 248 workers, and shift the work to a new distribution center in the area.
GSK said it will cut up to 350 research and development jobs across the US and UK as part of an ongoing overhaul of its R&D division, including about 50 roles at its Stevenage, England hub.
Campbell's will close its Hyannis, Massachusetts Cape Cod Potato Chips factory in April 2026, eliminating 49 jobs and moving production to other plants.
ASML announced about 1,700 job cuts, mainly management and leadership roles in its Technology and IT departments, mostly in the Netherlands with some in the US.
Nike said it is laying off about 775 workers across Tennessee and Mississippi as it consolidates U.S. distribution center operations and adds automation. A Tennessee WARN notice lists 583 of the jobs at two Memphis distribution centers, effective April 3, 2026.
Polaris said it will close its Osceola, Wisconsin engine and components plant in phases, affecting about 200 workers, after Indian Motorcycle engine production moves to Spirit Lake, Iowa, following the sale of Indian. A later state WARN notice put the count at 189, with full closure by Jan. 31, 2027.
Ford said all about 1,600 workers at the BlueOval SK battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky would be laid off as it ends its joint venture with SK On and repurposes the plant to build energy storage batteries. A new Ford unit plans to hire about 2,100 there.
Packaging Corporation of America said it will permanently shut a paper machine and kraft pulping operations at its Wallula, Washington containerboard mill, laying off about 200 employees in February 2026 as the mill converts to a single-machine recycled operation.
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Open roles are live postings on each company's own job boards, the same count as its Metaintro company page. Different teams and places can be cutting and hiring at once.
WARN notices are public filings, shown as each state lists them. A notice can cover a layoff already on the tracker. State lists read on or after Nov 11, 2026. All WARN notices by state