Workday notifies 142 Pleasanton employees of cuts tied to Product & Technology reorg

Pleasanton-based Workday notified 142 employees on Sept. 29 that they would lose their jobs effective Nov. 1 as part of a reorganization to better align team structures with the company's strategic growth priorities. The reductions, described as approximately 2.5% of Workday’s workforce in SEC filings, primarily affect Workday’s Product and Technology team and include more than 40 software development managers (19 senior), 21 automation engineers (15 senior), the North America CTO and several VPs across software development engineering, marketing and product management. The company said the actions also include select leased office space reductions and that it plans to continue hiring in key strategic areas during fiscal 2027. The notice was reported alongside other Tri-Valley WARN filings that together account for over 400 local job cuts since July.

Workday Inc. cut 142 jobs in CA affecting its Product and Technology (including software development managers and automation engineers) team as of November 1, 2026.

That is roughly 0.9% of the 16,000 people Workday Inc. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at Workday Inc. since April 2023, including 1,109 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 5 additional events known from news reporting.