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Is Salesforce laying off workers?

Yes. Salesforce filed 4 WARN notices in the last 12 months covering 270 jobs. The most recent was filed Aug 5, 2026 for San Francisco, California, effective Oct 5, 2026. Across every year on record since 2023: 17 notices covering 1,980 jobs.

1,980 roles affected across 17 filings in 2 states.

Canary status: ListeningEVIDENCE-BASED · NOT A PREDICTION
2 WARN filings in the last 4 months (133 jobs) · heavy executive turnover (5 SEC leadership-change filings)
CanaryWhistle's own assessment, computed from the public filings listed on this page. It is a read of hiring and workforce activity, not a statement about Salesforce's solvency or creditworthiness. Not a credit rating and not financial advice. See our sources and method.
◆ NATIONAL FOOTPRINT · 2 states. Each state files its own WARN notice, so small per-state counts are slices of one distributed layoff. Ranked by jobs cut:
California1,828Washington152

Filing history

Salesforce has filed 17 WARN notices between 2023 and 2026, cutting 1,980 jobs in total. Down 47% year-on-year: 270 jobs cut in the last 12 months vs 508 the year before.

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Corporate signalsSEC · PBGC · PRIMARY SOURCES

Material corporate events on record for Salesforce, beyond the WARN notice, that fill in the wider story of a company under pressure. Each links to its official source. No other layoff tracker connects these.

Sep 4, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-09-04 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Aug 5, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-08-05 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Jun 2, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-06-02 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Jun 1, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-06-01 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Mar 6, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-03-06 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Jul 9, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-07-09 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Jun 9, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-06-09 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Feb 5, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-02-05 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →
Aug 28, 2024Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2024-08-28 by Salesforce, Inc. (CRM).SEC filing →

Every filing

San Francisco, California
Filed Aug 5, 2026 (2mo ago) · Effective Oct 5, 2026 · official filing →
74
Layoff
Seattle, Washington
Filed Aug 5, 2026 (2mo ago) · Effective · · official filing →
59
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Jun 8, 2026 (4mo ago) · Effective Aug 7, 2026 · official filing →
86
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Mar 2, 2026 (7mo ago) · Effective May 1, 2026 · official filing →
51
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Sep 2, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Nov 3, 2025 · official filing →
262
Layoff
Seattle, Washington
Filed Sep 2, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective · · official filing →
93
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Feb 4, 2025 (1y ago) · Effective Apr 25, 2025 · official filing →
153
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Feb 1, 2024 (2y ago) · Effective Apr 23, 2024 · official filing →
51
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Mar 30, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective May 30, 2023 · official filing →
86
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Mar 9, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective May 9, 2023 · official filing →
55
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Feb 2, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Apr 24, 2023 · official filing →
247
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Feb 2, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Apr 24, 2023 · official filing →
7
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Feb 2, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Apr 24, 2023 · official filing →
4
Layoff
REMOTE · SLIVER
San Francisco, California
Filed Jan 4, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Mar 24, 2023 · official filing →
650
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Jan 4, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Mar 24, 2023 · official filing →
1
Layoff
REMOTE · SLIVER
San Francisco, California
Filed Jan 4, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Mar 24, 2023 · official filing →
52
Layoff
San Francisco, California
Filed Jan 4, 2023 (3y ago) · Effective Mar 24, 2023 · official filing →
49
Layoff

Questions

Is Salesforce laying off employees?

Yes. Salesforce filed 4 WARN notices in the last 12 months covering 270 jobs. The most recent was filed Aug 5, 2026 for San Francisco, California, effective Oct 5, 2026. Across every year on record since 2023: 17 notices covering 1,980 jobs.

How many jobs is Salesforce cutting?

270 jobs in WARN notices filed in the last 12 months. 1,980 jobs across all 17 official WARN filings on record since 2023, in 2 states.

When do the Salesforce layoffs take effect?

The most recent filing lists an effective date of Oct 5, 2026. The WARN Act requires roughly 60 days' advance notice, so the filing date precedes the job losses.

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