REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDAdded Jun 24, 2026

Walmart Layoff — August 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed June 19, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

394

EFFECTIVE DATE

Aug 21, 2026

394 OF 2,300,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Ave Sunnyvale, CA · 9 locations (Santa Clara County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on June 19, 2026.

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

Summary

Walmart plans to cut 306 technology and corporate roles across multiple Silicon Valley sites in Sunnyvale, California, as part of a broader reorganisation to simplify operations, consolidate teams and align skills with future priorities. The company filed notices with California's Employment Development Department on June 19 and scheduled the layoffs to take effect on August 21. The affected employees support online retail operations, product development, technology platforms and digital commerce initiatives; the reductions follow an earlier May announcement to eliminate or relocate roughly 1,000 tech and product roles. Walmart framed the restructuring as a move to reduce duplication, clarify ownership and accelerate decision-making while continuing to invest in e-commerce, automation and AI-enabled capabilities.

Walmart disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on June 19, 2026. The notice covers 394 employees in Ave Sunnyvale, CA (Santa Clara County), with the layoff effective August 21, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 6 CA communities: Ave Sunnyvale, Cherry Avenue San Bruno, Crossman Ave Sunnyvale, Eleventh Ave Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, W California Ave Sunnyvale.

LayoffTalk has tracked 51 layoff events at Walmart since June 2023, including 4,473 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 35 additional events known from news reporting.