TeamPredict Daily · Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Union warns Volkswagen job cuts may reach 140,000
A union warned that Volkswagen job cuts may reach 140,000. Six newsrooms reported the warning. The figure represents a sharp escalation in the automaker's restructuring plans.
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TeamPredict Layoff Watch
Computed from primary sources, not from customer data
4,721
jobs on official WARN notice, last 30 days
Across 103 filings. A WARN notice is the advance warning an employer must file with a state labor department before a mass layoff, generally 60 days ahead.
400
jobs announced today, corroborated
Counted only where two independent newsrooms printed the same figure. From 1 story below.
Largest filings in the window
- VisaSan Mateo County, CA320
- StarbucksSeattle, WA224
- LeeMAH ElectronicsSan Mateo County, CA205
- Bumble Bee Foods, LLCLos Angeles County, CA197
- ServiceNow, Inc.Santa Clara County, CA154
- LAZ Parking California (9610 Sky Way)Los Angeles County, CA139
Counted across California, Washington and Maryland, the states whose labor departments publish machine-readable filings.
Source data: California (through 2026-08-19), Washington (through 2026-08-21), Maryland (through 2026-08-19).
Not counted, because their published data is more than three weeks behind: Texas (last filing 2026-06-23). A state that has stopped publishing has not stopped laying people off, so leaving it out beats counting it as a zero.
Unreachable when this page was built: Oregon.
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Also today (5)
KPMG Australia confirms 400 layoffs after considering 1,000 cuts
KPMG Australia confirmed 400 layoffs. The firm had earlier considered cutting 1,000 jobs. Three newsrooms corroborated the 400 figure.
The Economic Times (via Google News) · hrsea.economictimes.indiatimes.com (via Google News) · Techloy (via Google News)
Tech layoffs in 2026 exceed 175,000 workers across major companies
More than 175,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2026 across Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, and TikTok. Three newsrooms reported the total. The count includes cuts at LinkedIn and Netflix.
The Economic Times (via Google News) · Fast Company (via Google News) · Yahoo Tech (via Google News)
Volkswagen workers condemn communication over job cuts
Volkswagen workers condemned the company's communication over job cuts as disastrous. Four newsrooms covered the worker response. The criticism comes as the CEO faces employees in a push for radical cuts.
Euronews.com (via Google News) · CBT News (via Google News) · The Cryptonomist (via Google News) · ETHRWorld.com (via Google News)
JPMorgan Chase job cuts reach 541 in 2026
JPMorgan Chase announced more job cuts, bringing its 2026 total to 541. The bank cut 63 jobs at its Jersey City office. Two newsrooms reported the updated total.
Ottawa mayoral candidate vows to overturn city office mandate
Mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper pledged to reverse the City of Ottawa's return-to-office mandate if elected. Three newsrooms covered the promise. The city currently requires employees to work from the office.
CTV News (via Google News) · Ottawa Citizen (via Google News) · iPolitics (via Google News)
Questions people asked today
- How many Volkswagen jobs could be cut?
- A union warned that Volkswagen job cuts may reach 140,000, according to six newsrooms reporting on August 25, 2026.
- How many WARN filings were posted in the last 30 days?
- 103 WARN filings covering 4,721 jobs were posted in the 30 days through August 25, 2026, across California, Washington, and Maryland.
- How many tech workers have been laid off in 2026?
- More than 175,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2026 across companies including Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Netflix.
Layoffs are the ones you can see coming. Resignations are not.
A WARN notice gives a state 60 days of warning. Nobody files one before they resign. TeamPredict reads the public LinkedIn signals your own team is already giving off and flags who looks likely to leave, so you get the same lead time on the departures that actually hurt.
Assembled automatically at 2026-08-25 12:59 UTC. Every figure on this page is computed in code from the sources linked above and from state labor department filings; the editorial layer is written to those figures and rejected if it introduces any others.