Location: Oakland, CA (Alameda County).
A WARN notice was filed on August 12, 2025.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Block disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the CA state workforce agency on August 12, 2025. The notice covers 5 employees in Oakland, CA (Alameda County), with the layoff effective October 13, 2025.
That is roughly 0.1% of the 7,000 people Block employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 36 layoff events at Block since June 2023, affecting a combined 18,912 employees.
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