Layoff notices in Santa Clara County at a glance
Santa Clara County employers have filed 1,784 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 129,545 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 20, 2026. 497 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Manufacturing (849 workers), Professional Scientific and Technical Services (439 workers), Information (422 workers).
Notices in fiscal year 2014-2015, newest first
86 notices, 5,522 workers. Show all years.
| Employer | City | Notice date | Effective | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intuit Inc. | Mountain View | Jun 25, 2015 | Aug 24, 2015 | 13 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | Jun 11, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 | 103 | Layoff, permanent | 34 under 60 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | Jun 11, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 | 52 | Layoff, permanent | 34 under 60 |
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara | Jun 11, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 | 10 | Layoff, permanent | 34 under 60 |
| Alexza Pharmaceuticals | Mountain View | Jun 1, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 | 28 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | May 29, 2015 | Jul 8, 2015 | 13 | Layoff, permanent | 40 under 60 |
| Emulex Corporation, Avago | San Jose | May 8, 2015 | Aug 14, 2015 | 38 | Layoff, permanent | 98 |
| Emulex Corporation, Avago | San Jose | May 8, 2015 | Aug 28, 2015 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 112 |
| NetApp, Inc. | Sunnyvale | May 19, 2015 | Jul 20, 2015 | 125 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| SanDisk Corporation | Milpitas | May 20, 2015 | Jul 19, 2015 | 27 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Cypress Semiconductor Company | San Jose | May 7, 2015 | Jan 16, 2015 | 51 | Layoff, permanent | 111 days after effective date |
| Zynga, Inc. | Santa Clara | May 6, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 2 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Apr 30, 2015 | Jun 10, 2015 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 41 under 60 |
| Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Apr 21, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | 75 | Layoff, permanent | 70 |
| SanDisk Corporation | Milpitas | Apr 21, 2015 | Jun 20, 2015 | 61 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Cypress Semiconductor Company | Sunnyvale | Apr 15, 2015 | Jan 2, 2015 | 95 | Layoff, permanent | 103 days after effective date |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Apr 16, 2015 | Jun 15, 2015 | 85 | Layoff, type not stated | 60 |
| NYC Food and Beverage, LLC | San Jose | Apr 10, 2015 | Jun 15, 2015 | 144 | Closure, permanent | 66 |
| OnLive, Inc. | Mountain View | Apr 2, 2015 | Jun 1, 2015 | 98 | Closure, type not stated | 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Mar 31, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | 30 | Layoff, permanent | 45 under 60 |
| Cryptic Studios, Inc. | Los Gatos | Mar 27, 2015 | Mar 16, 2015 | 27 | Layoff, permanent | 11 days after effective date |
| Unilever Company | Sunnyvale | Mar 5, 2015 | May 9, 2015 | 57 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| The Fresh Market, Inc. | Palo Alto | Mar 5, 2014 | May 4, 2015 | 54 | Closure, permanent | 425 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Feb 27, 2015 | Apr 15, 2015 | 7 | Layoff, permanent | 47 under 60 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Feb 5, 2015 | Feb 13, 2015 | 52 | Layoff, permanent | 8 under 60 |
| Citrix Systems, Inc. | Santa Clara | Feb 4, 2015 | Apr 3, 2015 | 99 | Layoff, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Feb 2, 2015 | Mar 1, 2015 | 85 | Layoff, permanent | 27 under 60 |
| International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) | San Jose | Jan 28, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | 68 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Tabula, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jan 23, 2015 | Mar 24, 2015 | 120 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| VMware, Inc. | Palo Alto | Jan 22, 2015 | Mar 24, 2015 | 114 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Broadcom Corporation | Santa Clara | Jan 13, 2015 | Mar 16, 2015 | 60 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Tibco Software, Inc | Palo Alto | Jan 14, 2015 | Jan 14, 2014 | 80 | Layoff, permanent | 365 days after effective date |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Dec 31, 2014 | Feb 1, 2015 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 32 under 60 |
| Macy's Vallco Shopping Mall | Cupertino | Jan 8, 2015 | Mar 21, 2015 | 107 | Closure, type not stated | 72 |
| ARAMARK | Mountain View | Dec 15, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 175 | Closure, permanent | 16 under 60 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | San Jose | Dec 10, 2014 | Feb 11, 2015 | 59 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | San Jose | Dec 10, 2014 | Feb 11, 2015 | 45 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | Santa Clara | Dec 10, 2014 | Feb 11, 2015 | 4 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | Santa Clara | Dec 10, 2014 | Feb 11, 2015 | 2 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | San Jose | Dec 10, 2014 | Feb 11, 2015 | 1 | Layoff, type not stated | 63 |
| HERE North American LLC | Sunnyvale | Nov 14, 2014 | Jan 14, 2015 | 82 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| TOPPAN PHOTOMASKS, INC. | Santa Clara | Dec 8, 2014 | Mar 12, 2015 | 75 | Closure, permanent | 94 |
| Capitol Expressway Ford | San Jose | Nov 4, 2014 | Dec 5, 2014 | 102 | Layoff, permanent | 31 under 60 |
| Narus | Sunnyvale | Dec 2, 2014 | Dec 5, 2014 | 35 | Closure, permanent | 3 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation Symantec Corporation - Mountain View | Mountain View | Nov 25, 2014 | Jan 1, 2015 | 12 | Layoff, permanent | 37 under 60 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Oct 28, 2014 | Dec 29, 2014 | 57 | Layoff, type not stated | 62 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Oct 23, 2014 | Oct 24, 2014 | 80 | Layoff, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Oct 31, 2014 | Dec 1, 2014 | 25 | Layoff, permanent | 31 under 60 |
| Space Systems/Loral, LLC Space Systems/Loral, LLC ("SSL") | Palo Alto | Nov 6, 2014 | Nov 6, 2014 | 57 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Nov 13, 2014 | Nov 21, 2014 | 25 | Layoff, permanent | 8 under 60 |
| Microsoft and Nokia, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Oct 29, 2014 | Dec 28, 2014 | 13 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| HGST | San Jose | Oct 24, 2014 | Jan 2, 2015 | 3 | Layoff, permanent | 70 |
| Microsoft and Nokia, Inc. | Mountain View | Oct 29, 2014 | Dec 28, 2014 | 8 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Oct 28, 2014 | Oct 29, 2014 | 57 | Layoff, type not stated | 1 under 60 |
| HGST | San Jose | Oct 24, 2014 | Jan 2, 2015 | 47 | Layoff, permanent | 70 |
| HGST | San Jose | Oct 24, 2014 | Jan 2, 2015 | 26 | Layoff, permanent | 70 |
| Supertex LLC/Microchip Technology | San Jose | Oct 23, 2014 | Dec 23, 2014 | 83 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Bon Appetit Management Company | Santa Clara | Oct 15, 2014 | Nov 26, 2014 | 97 | Closure, permanent | 42 under 60 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | San Jose | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 10 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | San Jose | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 7 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | San Jose | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 6 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | Santa Clara | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 9 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | Mountain View | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 9 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Prometheus Real Estate Group | Los Gatos | Oct 1, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | 8 | Layoff, permanent | 91 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose | Sep 22, 2014 | Oct 10, 2014 | 1,005 | Layoff, permanent | 18 under 60 |
| Microsoft and Nokia, Inc. | Mountain View | Sep 17, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 | 94 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Microsoft and Nokia, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Sep 18, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 | 53 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| BD Biosciences | San Jose | Sep 12, 2014 | Nov 12, 2014 | 60 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Hightail, Inc. | Campbell | Sep 17, 2014 | Sep 17, 2014 | 74 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Security Industry Specialists, Inc. | Mountain View | Sep 3, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 | 310 | Layoff, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| Security Industry Specialists, Inc. | Palo Alto | Sep 3, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 | 3 | Layoff, permanent | 58 under 60 |
| Narus | Sunnyvale | Sep 4, 2014 | Nov 6, 2014 | 17 | Layoff, permanent | 63 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Aug 29, 2014 | Oct 1, 2014 | 2 | Layoff, permanent | 33 under 60 |
| Aruba Networks, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Aug 26, 2014 | Aug 26, 2014 | 116 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Disney Interactive | Palo Alto | Aug 26, 2014 | Aug 26, 2014 | 55 | Layoff, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Imperium Security Specialists | San Jose | Aug 18, 2014 | Oct 23, 2014 | 45 | Layoff, type not stated | 66 |
| Space Systems/Loral, LLC | Palo Alto | Aug 5, 2014 | Oct 4, 2014 | 53 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Jul 31, 2014 | Aug 1, 2014 | 39 | Layoff, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Jul 31, 2014 | Jun 18, 2014 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 43 days after effective date |
| Hewlitt-Packard Company | Palo Alto | Jul 10, 2014 | Jul 11, 2014 | 82 | Layoff, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| Broadcom Corporation | Sunnyvale | Jul 23, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | 112 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Broadcom Corporation | Santa Clara | Jul 23, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | 61 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Broadcom Corporation | San Jose | Jul 23, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | 7 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Broadcom Corporation | Santa Clara | Jul 23, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | 7 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Intuit Inc. | Mountain View | Jul 15, 2014 | Sep 15, 2014 | 65 | Layoff, permanent | 62 |
| Symantec Corporation | Mountain View | Jun 30, 2014 | Jun 18, 2014 | 51 | Layoff, permanent | 12 days after effective date |
Largest layoffs in Santa Clara County since 2014
| Employer | Notices | Workers | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 32 | 7,519 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Jabil Inc. | 18 | 5,265 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Intel Corporation | 81 | 3,939 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Verity Health System of California, Inc. | 10 | 1,998 | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 8 | 1,976 | Sep 13, 2026 |
| eBay Inc. | 8 | 1,883 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Broadcom Corporation | 8 | 1,880 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| YMCA of Silicon Valley | 1 | 1,657 | Mar 27, 2020 |
| Amazon | 35 | 1,656 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| PayPal | 11 | 1,472 | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Cepheid | 38 | 1,431 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| TeamSanJose | 1 | 1,304 | Mar 19, 2020 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 12 | 1,274 | May 15, 2026 |
| Levy Premium Foodservice Limited Partnership | 3 | 1,270 | Jun 24, 2020 |
| Walmart | 19 | 1,225 | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Intuit Inc. | 6 | 1,189 | May 20, 2026 |
| NetApp, Inc. | 9 | 1,151 | May 20, 2026 |
| Symantec Corporation | 41 | 1,055 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 11 | 1,044 | May 22, 2026 |
| VMware, Inc. | 7 | 1,035 | Jan 26, 2021 |
Santa Clara County by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Notices | Closures | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2027 | 32 | 4 | 2,736 |
| 2025-2026 | 192 | 32 | 10,672 |
| 2024-2025 | 179 | 37 | 8,183 |
| 2023-2024 | 232 | 26 | 12,608 |
| 2022-2023 | 210 | 21 | 11,979 |
| 2021-2022 | 25 | 14 | 1,567 |
| 2020-2021 | 152 | 19 | 12,301 |
| 2019-2020 | 336 | 40 | 31,298 |
| 2018-2019 | 102 | 32 | 9,463 |
| 2017-2018 | 67 | 16 | 7,432 |
| 2016-2017 | 87 | 19 | 8,262 |
| 2015-2016 | 84 | 25 | 7,522 |
| 2014-2015 | 86 | 10 | 5,522 |
Cities in Santa Clara County with notices
- San Jose524 notices, 49,771 workers
- Santa Clara331 notices, 23,955 workers
- Sunnyvale279 notices, 14,215 workers
- Palo Alto164 notices, 13,510 workers
- Mountain View233 notices, 10,902 workers
- Milpitas117 notices, 7,387 workers
- Cupertino29 notices, 2,365 workers
- Campbell23 notices, 1,659 workers
- Los Gatos21 notices, 1,320 workers
- Gilroy17 notices, 1,188 workers
- Morgan Hill17 notices, 965 workers
- Stanford5 notices, 724 workers
- San Martin3 notices, 351 workers
- Saratoga3 notices, 341 workers
- Moffett Field4 notices, 225 workers
- Los Altos5 notices, 214 workers
- Alviso2 notices, 189 workers
Local help after a layoff in Santa Clara
A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Santa Clara bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our Santa Clara employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. 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.