TEMPORARY CLOSURE · NOT A LAYOFFUPCOMING · ESTIMATED✓ VERIFIEDPublished Oct 5, 2026

Key Energy Services to Cut 53 Jobs in Bakersfield as It Withdraws from California

This is a temporary closure, not a layoff. The WARN notice behind this record is marked Closure Temporary by the filing employer — a scheduled pause, such as a seasonal or holiday shutdown, after which normal operations resume. This event is excluded from our layoff totals.

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed September 23, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

SHARE OF WORKFORCE

~4.1%

PLANNED DATE

Nov 22, 2026

CONFIRMED IN SOURCE

57 OF 1,400 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Bakersfield, California · 2 locations (Kern County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on September 23, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.

Summary

Key Energy Services LLC told local authorities in a Sept. 23 letter that it will lay off 53 employees in Bakersfield as part of a withdrawal from California, citing decreased business in the state. The company also noted four additional positions being cut in Ventura. The layoffs are scheduled for Nov. 22 and follow previous rounds of cuts in Kern County over the past two years. The action is presented as a planned workforce reduction tied to reduced business activity in California.

Key Energy Services, LLC disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on September 23, 2026. The notice covers 57 employees in Bakersfield, CA (Kern County), with the layoff effective November 22, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 2 CA communities: Bakersfield, Ventura Avenue Ventura.

That is roughly 4.1% of the 1,400 people Key Energy Services, LLC employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 2 layoff events at Key Energy Services, LLC since December 2024, including 107 jobs documented in official WARN filings.