Western Digital layoff notices at a glance
Western Digital has filed 8 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between Oct 13, 2015 and Nov 15, 2023, naming 769 workers. All were layoffs rather than closures; 8 permanent, 0 temporary. The largest single notice named 211 workers in Santa Clara County on May 25, 2023. Its latest notice, 60 workers in Santa Clara County dated Nov 15, 2023, was 0.5% of the 12,608 workers named in all 232 Santa Clara County notices of fiscal year 2023-2024.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 | Santa Clara | Milpitas | 60 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 | Orange | Irvine | 57 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| May 25, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 | Santa Clara | Milpitas | 211 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| May 24, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 | Orange | Irvine | 81 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 | Santa Clara | San Jose | 103 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 | Santa Clara | Milpitas | 86 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 | Orange | Irvine | 62 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Oct 13, 2015 | Dec 18, 2015 | Alameda | Fremont | 109 | Layoff, permanent | 66 |
Sites named on the notices
- 951 SanDisk Drive Milpitas CA 95035 (Nov 15, 2023, 60 workers)
- 3355 Michelson Drive Irvine CA 92612 (Nov 15, 2023, 57 workers)
- 5601 Great Oaks Parkway San Jose CA 95119 (Nov 9, 2022, 103 workers)
Also filed as: Western Digital, LLC.
Where the notices landed
- Santa Clara County4 notices, 460 workers
- Orange County3 notices, 200 workers
- Alameda County1 notice, 109 workers
- Milpitas3 notices, 357 workers
- Irvine3 notices, 200 workers
- Fremont1 notice, 109 workers
- San Jose1 notice, 103 workers
Local pages: Irvine employment lawyer, Fremont employment lawyer, San Jose employment lawyer, Santa Clara County employment law guide, Orange 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.
Every notice on file for Western Digital shows 60 days or more between the two dates, which is what the statute expects. The questions that remain for a worker are the ones the notice does not answer: whether pay and benefits ran through the effective date, whether final wages arrived on the last day (Labor Code 201 and 203), and who was selected and why.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Western Digital
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 2015-2016 to 2023-2024. 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.