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🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – 🇺🇸

Block Inc., the fintech company led by Jack Dorsey, plans to lay off nearly 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 1,000+ employees. The cuts are expected during performance reviews and are part of a broader business overhaul focused on efficiency, and developing AI tools.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Idaho 🇺🇸

Idaho State University will lay off 45 employees to close an $8 million budget deficit tied to a state-mandated 3% budget reduction. The cuts accompany major academic reorganizations, including merging colleges and departments to generate savings.

⚠️ POTENTIAL LAYOFF ALERT – California ⚠️

BART warns it could lay off approximately 1,200 employees and close up to 15 stations beginning in 2027 if Bay Area voters reject a proposed regional sales tax measure, citing a projected $376 million budget deficit driven by post-pandemic ridership declines.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – 🇺🇸🇬🇧

GSK plans to layoff up to 350 R&D employees across U.S. and U.K. as part of an ongoing reorganization, with fewer than 70 roles impacted in the U.S. and fewer than 50 in the U.K., as the company reallocates resources and increases investment in priority research areas.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – 🇺🇸

ARPA-H, the federal biomedical research agency focused on driving medical breakthroughs, has laid off an undisclosed number of staff, primarily affecting term-appointed roles, as it realigns operations to better match mission needs and research priorities.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Israel 🇮🇱

Remitly will lay off approximately 110 employees in Israel and close its local R&D hub, impacting more than half of its Israeli workforce, three years after acquiring fintech startup Rewire for $80 million.

🚨 WARN NOTICE – Virginia 🇺🇸

GMRI, Inc. d/b/a Bahama Breeze will permanently close its restaurant at 2714 Potomac Mills Circle, Woodbridge, VA (Prince William County) on April 5, 2026, impacting 62 employees, as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT - New York 🇺🇸

Institute of International Education, Inc., an education services organization will temporarily lay off 44 employees at One World Trade Center, 36th Floor, New York, NY starting May 3, 2026 as indicated in a WARN

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT - New York 🇺🇸

Spirit Airlines, LLC laid off 304 employees at 9400 Ditmars Blvd East, Elmhurst, NY (LaGuardia Airport) on January 31, 2026 as indicated in a WARN.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Maryland 🇺🇸

LifeBridge Suburban Staffing, LLC will lay off 23 employees at 2850 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD, between March 7 and April 6, 2026, due to a plant closure as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Massachusetts 🇺🇸

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. will lay off 190 employees at its Springfield, MA facility, with job losses occurring between April 10 and September 11, 2026, according to a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Louisiana 🇺🇸

Denka Performance Elastomer LLC will lay off 45 employees at 560 Highway 44, LaPlace, LA effective April 1, 2026, as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Kentucky 🇺🇸

Battelle Memorial Institute E3 will close operations, affecting 30 employees in Madison County, KY, with layoffs on April 2, 2026, as reported in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Kentucky 🇺🇸

Parsons Corporation will close operations, impacting 8 employees in Madison County, KY, with separations on April 16, 2026, per WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Kentucky 🇺🇸

T-Mobile USA, Inc. will lay off 74 employees in Jefferson County (Louisville), KY, effective April 2, 2026, according to a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Iowa 🇺🇸

Wells Fargo will layoff 49 employees at its 800 S Jordan Creek Parkway campus in West Des Moines, IA, with separations occurring on April 4, 2026, as part of a mass layoff reported to Iowa WARN.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Idaho 🇺🇸

Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC (dba Maker’s Pride) will lay off 51 employees at 7031 S. Eisenman Rd, Boise, ID on February 26, 2026, as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Pennsylvania 🇺🇸

Cascades, Inc., a packaging manufacturer, will permanently close its York County plant at 223 Morgan Lane, York, PA, no later than February 19, 2026, laying off 37 employees as it exits the honeycomb paperboard and partition packaging segment.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT - 🇺🇸

Crown Castle will layoff approximately 20% of its workforce, reducing headcount to about 1,250 full-time employees, after Dish Network’s contractual default accelerated layoffs tied to the sale of its fiber and small cell businesses.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – North Carolina 🇺🇸

Baxter International will lay off 90 employees at 65 Pitts Station Rd, Marion, NC, eliminating about 3% of the site’s workforce, after demand for IV products stabilized at lower levels following disruptions caused by Hurricane Helene.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Arizona 🇺🇸

The Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) will lay off approximately 70 employees as part of a board-approved plan to relocate its Tucson campus to Oro Valley for the next school year, citing funding shortfalls, declining enrollment, and aging facilities.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Washington 🇺🇸

ProbablyMonsters, a video game development studio, has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across multiple teams, including developers and QA staff, in at least two waves since January 2026.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Colorado 🇺🇸

Angi Inc., a home services technology company, will lay off approximately 350 employees globally during Q1 2026 as it restructures operations and leverages AI-driven efficiency improvements with only a small fraction of impacted roles located in Denver.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Media 🇺🇸

MLB.com has laid off multiple reporters days before spring training. Confirmed departures include longtime beat writers John Denton (St. Louis Cardinals) and Alex Stumpf (Pittsburgh Pirates), with more reported but not yet publicly quantified.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – New York 🇺🇸

Scope3, an adtech startup focused on agentic media trading, has cut staff across its engineering and sales teams, marking its second round of layoffs in five months.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Oregon 🇺🇸

Roseburg Forest Products will permanently lay off 146 employees at its Riddle Plywood facility located at 3064 Riddle By-Pass Road, Riddle, OR on April 5, 2026. The facility will remain open, bumping rights apply to affected hourly workers, as per WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – North Carolina 🇺🇸

GMRI, Inc. dba Bahama Breeze will permanently close its location at 3309 Wake Forest Drive, Wake County, laying off 75 employees effective April 5, 2026, as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – North Carolina 🇺🇸

Wells Fargo will lay off 112 employees in Raleigh, NC, as part of a permanent layoff disclosed in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Georgia 🇺🇸

Aludyne Inc. permanently closed its facility at 1600 Northside Industrial Blvd., Columbus, GA, resulting in the layoff of 341 employees on January 1, 2026, as indicated in a WARN notice.

🚨 LAYOFF ALERT – Georgia 🇺🇸

Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing LLC permanently closed its facility at 502 S Midway Rd., Cordele, GA, resulting in the layoff of 100 employees on January 16, 2026, as indicated in a WARN notice.