Not according to official filings. There is no WARN layoff notice from Western Digital in the last 12 months. The most recent was filed Nov 15, 2023 for 57 jobs in Irvine, California. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so smaller cuts may not appear.
874 roles affected across 9 filings in 2 states.
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heavy executive turnover (3 SEC leadership-change filings)
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◆ 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:
Western Digital has filed 9 WARN notices between 2015 and 2023, cutting 874 jobs in total. No new filings in the last 12 months. The most recent was Nov 15, 2023.
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Corporate signalsSEC · PBGC · PRIMARY SOURCES
Material corporate events on record for Western Digital, 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.
May 28, 2026Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2026-05-28 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Nov 24, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-11-24 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Nov 3, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-11-03 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
May 8, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-05-08 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Feb 24, 2025AcquisitionSEC Form 8-K, Item 2.01, filed 2025-02-24 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Feb 3, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-02-03 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Jan 30, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-01-30 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Jan 16, 2025Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2025-01-16 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Dec 13, 2024Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2024-12-13 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Nov 25, 2024Executive ChangeSEC Form 8-K, Item 5.02, filed 2024-11-25 by WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC).SEC filing →
Not according to official filings. There is no WARN layoff notice from Western Digital in the last 12 months. The most recent was filed Nov 15, 2023 for 57 jobs in Irvine, California. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so smaller cuts may not appear.
How many jobs is Western Digital cutting?
874 jobs across all 9 official WARN filings on record since 2015, in 2 states.
When do the Western Digital layoffs take effect?
The most recent filing lists an effective date of Jan 19, 2024. The WARN Act requires roughly 60 days' advance notice, so the filing date precedes the job losses.
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