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REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDAdded Dec 10, 2025

Verizon Communications Inc. Layoff — January 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed November 20, 2025View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
193
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.2%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Jan 23, 2026
193 OF 101,200 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Walnut Creek, CA · 2 locations (Contra Costa County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on November 20, 2025.

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

Summary

Verizon Communications Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on November 20, 2025. The notice covers 193 employees in Walnut Creek, CA (Contra Costa County), with the layoff effective January 23, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 2 CA communities: Bldg C Irvine, Walnut Creek.

That is roughly 0.2% of the 101,200 people Verizon Communications Inc. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 29 layoff events at Verizon Communications Inc. since September 2023, including 852 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 24 additional events known from news reporting.

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Official WARN notice
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Verizon Communications Inc.VZ
Communication Services · 101,200 employees
29
EVENTS TRACKED
852
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED DEC 10, 2025LAST UPDATED AUG 27, 2026