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Job cuts: closing sites or units

7 announcements at 7 employers giving closing sites or units as a reason, in the last 12 months: 69 jobs cut, counted once per announcement and only when the employer, a formal notice or two reports confirm the figure; 1 is a US layoff notice (WARN).

7AnnouncementsCuts, consultations, buyouts and reported plans
69Jobs cut, counted69, once per announcement
7Employers5 of them in the Index
1WARN noticesFormal US layoff notices

Month by month

  1. NovNovember 2025: 0 announcements
  2. DecDecember 2025: 0 announcements
  3. JanJanuary 2026: 0 announcements
  4. FebFebruary 2026: 1 announcements
  5. MarMarch 2026: 0 announcements
  6. AprApril 2026: 0 announcements
  7. 69MayMay 2026: 2 announcements, 69 jobs cut
  8. JunJune 2026: 0 announcements
  9. JulJuly 2026: 0 announcements
  10. AugAugust 2026: 1 announcements
  11. SepSeptember 2026: 1 announcements
  12. OctOctober 2026: 2 announcements
  13. NovNovember 2026: 0 announcements
Jobs cut each month, counted once per announcement and only when confirmed. The record starts on 1st November 2025; the first month is part of a month.

The largest

  1. 26th May
    Safeway files a WARN notice for 69 jobs in Oregon

    Cuts announcedOregonFormal notice

    69jobs cut
  2. 29th Oct
    Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs

    Cuts announcedZwickauReported by 2 major outlets

    100,000jobs, not yet confirmed
  3. 9th Feb
    Ocado reported to be weighing 1,000 job cuts

    Reported to be weighing cutsUKOne major outlet so far

    1,000jobs, not yet confirmed
  4. 11th Sep
    GSK to cut 641 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    641jobs, not yet confirmed
  5. 27th Oct
    ARYZTA to cut 250 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    250jobs, not yet confirmed
  6. 4th May
    Novartis to cut 220 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    220jobs, not yet confirmed
  7. 13th Aug
    Netflix announces job cuts

    Cuts announcedTrade press only

    No figure

Every announcement

Newest first. Employers in the Index and rounds of 250 jobs or more lead; smaller notices at other employers fold under each month, read under the same rule.

October 2026 2

  1. 29th Oct
    Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs

    Cuts announcedZwickauReported by 2 major outlets

    100,000jobs, not yet confirmed
  2. 27th Oct
    ARYZTA to cut 250 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    250jobs, not yet confirmed

October 2026, day by day →

September 2026 1

  1. 11th Sep
    GSK to cut 641 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    641jobs, not yet confirmed

September 2026, day by day →

August 2026 1
  1. 13th Aug
    Netflix announces job cuts

    Cuts announcedTrade press only

    No figure

August 2026, day by day →

May 2026 269 jobs
  1. 4th May
    Novartis to cut 220 jobs

    Cuts announcedGermanyOne major outlet so far

    220jobs, not yet confirmed
1 smaller notice at an employer outside the Index: Safeway
  1. 26th May
    Safeway files a WARN notice for 69 jobs in Oregon

    Cuts announcedOregonFormal notice

    69jobs cut

May 2026, day by day →

February 2026 1
  1. 9th Feb
    Ocado reported to be weighing 1,000 job cuts

    Reported to be weighing cutsUKOne major outlet so far

    1,000jobs, not yet confirmed

February 2026, day by day →

Labels are our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed on each employer’s page. Summaries are machine-written from the best source; the source is what counts. How it works