Best Buy layoff notices at a glance
Best Buy has filed 7 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Jul 18, 2017 and Jan 16, 2026, naming 551 workers. 6 were closures and 1 was a layoff; 6 permanent, 1 temporary. The largest single notice named 147 workers in Ventura County on Apr 23, 2020. Its latest notice, 60 workers in Santa Clara County dated Jan 16, 2026, was 0.6% of the 10,672 workers named in all 192 Santa Clara County notices of fiscal year 2025-2026. 1 notice carries a notice date later than the effective date it announces, which usually means the letter reached the EDD after the separations had begun. 1 fall in the March to June 2020 window when the Governor's COVID order suspended the 60-day requirement.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 | Santa Clara | San Jose | 60 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 | San Diego | San Diego | 46 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | Oct 30, 2021 | Los Angeles | El Segundo | 50 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Apr 19, 2020 | Ventura | Thousand Oaks | 147 | Layoff, temporary | 4 days after effective date |
| Jan 11, 2019 | Mar 13, 2019 | San Diego | La Mesa | 74 | Closure, permanent | 61 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Oct 6, 2018 | Los Angeles | Long Beach | 68 | Closure, permanent | 71 |
| Jul 18, 2017 | Sep 30, 2017 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 106 | Closure, permanent | 74 |
Sites named on the notices
- 3090 Stevens Creek Blvd. San Jose CA 95128 (Jan 16, 2026, 60 workers)
- 11160 Rancho Carmel Dr. San Diego CA 92128 (Jan 16, 2026, 46 workers)
- 740 S. Pacific Coast Hwy El Segundo CA (Aug 29, 2021, 50 workers)
Where the notices landed
- Ventura County1 notice, 147 workers
- San Diego County2 notices, 120 workers
- Los Angeles County2 notices, 118 workers
- San Francisco County1 notice, 106 workers
- Santa Clara County1 notice, 60 workers
- Thousand Oaks1 notice, 147 workers
- San Francisco1 notice, 106 workers
- La Mesa1 notice, 74 workers
- Long Beach1 notice, 68 workers
- San Jose1 notice, 60 workers
- El Segundo1 notice, 50 workers
- San Diego1 notice, 46 workers
Local pages: Thousand Oaks employment lawyer, San Francisco employment lawyer, Long Beach employment lawyer, Ventura County employment law guide, San Diego County employment law guide.
How to read this record
Notice date is the date on the employer's letter. Effective is the first day of separations it announced. Days notice is the gap between them; California Labor Code 1401 calls for 60 days from a covered employer, and section 1402 makes a short notice worth a day of pay and benefits for every day it is short, up to 60.
One notice is dated after the effective date on the same filing. Notice given after the layoff has started is the clearest case the statute addresses: section 1402 counts every day between the separation and the notice as a day owed, up to 60.
One notice is marked temporary. A temporary layoff that runs past six months is treated as a termination under the federal Act, and the employer should issue a new notice before that point.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Best Buy
Keep the notice, every email about the selection, and your final pay stub. A free review covers four things in one call: whether the notice period was honored and paid, whether final pay and vacation payout arrived on time, whether the selection pattern raises an age, pregnancy or leave, or retaliation question, and what a proposed severance release is actually worth before you sign it. Call (800) 371-3088 or send the notice.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, fiscal years 2017-2018 to 2025-2026. Record last checked against the EDD on Oct 30, 2026. Back to the layoff tracker.
About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.