Tri-Valley employers implement mass layoffs
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Hundreds of workers at major employers throughout the Tri-Valley have received termination notices in recent months, with big names such as Workday, Chevron and Kaiser continuing their trend of mass layoffs in their local offices. Tri-Valley employers have cut more than 400 jobs since July, according to WARN notices reported by the state, the highest number of layoffs at large companies in any community across Contra Costa or Alameda counties during the same timeframe. Pleasanton-based Workday notified 142 workers on Sept. 29 that they would lose their jobs effective Nov. 1. Also last month, Safeway announced 50 layoffs across its Pleasanton headquarters at 5918 Stoneridge Mall Road and its corporate office at 11155 Dublin Canyon Road. While not headquartered locally, Kaiser and Oracle were among the other companies with sizable local presences that recently reduced their workforce. Oracle last month laid off 68 employees from its Pleasanton office at 5815 Owens Drive, effective Nov. 13, and 22 employees at Kaiser's IT office at 4460 Hacienda Drive are set to lose their jobs effective Nov. 20. The moves follow previous mass layoffs at both companies in recent years, all of which have been among waves of cuts at other locations regionally and throughout the state. Of the 400 total Tri-Valley layoffs, the highest number of cuts at a single employer was from Chevron, which...
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