REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDAdded Feb 6, 2026

Western Digital Corporation Layoff — January 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed January 27, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

EFFECTIVE DATE

Jan 27, 2026

47 OF 51,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: San Jose, California, USA (Santa Clara County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on January 27, 2026.

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

Summary

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has laid off 47 employees at its San Jose headquarters, following a previous round of layoffs earlier this year. This decision is part of the company's ongoing efforts to streamline operations amid challenging market conditions. The layoffs reflect the company's response to a need for cost-cutting measures as it navigates a competitive landscape. The specific departments affected by this latest round of job cuts were not disclosed. This move comes as part of a broader trend of workforce reductions in the tech industry, but the exact reasons for these layoffs at Western Digital were not detailed in the article.

Western Digital Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on January 27, 2026. The notice covers 47 employees in Great Oaks Parkway San Jose, CA (Santa Clara County), with the layoff effective January 27, 2026.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 51,000 people Western Digital Corporation employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 10 layoff events at Western Digital Corporation since January 2023, including 794 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 4 additional events known from news reporting.