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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 10, 2025

University of Southern California Layoff — October 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
10
EFFECTIVE DATE
Oct 4, 2025
10 OF 40,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County).

A WARN notice was filed on August 4, 2025.

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

Summary

University of Southern California disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the CA state workforce agency on August 4, 2025. The notice covers 10 employees in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective October 4, 2025.

LayoffTalk has tracked 47 layoff events at University of Southern California since July 2023, affecting a combined 8,120 employees.

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Anonymous by default. Be kind — people reading this may be going through it right now.

LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff23 hours ago

University of Southern California cut 10 jobs in Los Angeles, CA on October 4, 2025. What did this look like from the inside — which teams, how much notice, what severance was offered? You can post anonymously below.

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Official WARN notice
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University of Southern California
Consumer Discretionary · 40,000 employees
47
EVENTS TRACKED
9,020
AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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