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Optum Layoff — September 2024

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed July 18, 2024View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
499
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.1%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Sep 16, 2024
499 OF 340,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Long Beach, CA · 16 locations (Los Angeles County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on July 18, 2024.

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

Summary

Optum disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on July 18, 2024. The notice covers 499 employees in Long Beach, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective September 16, 2024.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 16 CA communities: Atlantic Ave Long Beach, Beaumont, Boulder Ave Highland, Cerritos, Highland Springs Avenue Beaumont, Long Beach, Main Street Irvine, Park Place El Segundo, Redlands, Research Road Hayward, S Fair Oaks Ave Pasadena, S Grand Avenue Glendora, Via Campo Montbello, W Fern Avenue Redlands, W Rowland Street Covina, W Washington Blvd Los Angeles.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 340,000 people Optum employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 4 layoff events at Optum since September 2024, including 556 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 2 additional events known from news reporting.

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SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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OptumUNH
Health Care · 340,000 employees
4
EVENTS TRACKED
556
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED JUL 27, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 6, 2026