TeamPredict Daily · Friday, August 28, 2026
US jobless claims fall to 203,000 as hiring and layoffs stay subdued
Americans applying for jobless aid dropped to 203,000. Both layoffs and hiring remain low. The figure marks a continuation of historically low unemployment claims.
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TeamPredict Layoff Watch
Computed from primary sources, not from customer data
6,322
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.
0
jobs announced in this edition, corroborated
Counted only where two independent newsrooms printed the same figure. No announcement in this edition carried a figure two newsrooms agreed on.
Largest filings in the window
- Borton & Sons, Inc.Yakima, Zillah, Pasco, Burbank, Prescott, Soap Lake, Othello, Mesa, WA928
- Jabil Inc.Santa Clara County, CA382
- VisaSan Mateo County, CA320
- AmentumAnne Arundel County, MD317
- StarbucksSeattle, WA224
- LeeMAH ElectronicsSan Mateo County, CA205
Counted across California, Washington and Maryland, the states whose labor departments publish machine-readable filings.
Source data: California (through 2026-08-24), Washington (through 2026-08-26), Maryland (through 2026-08-25).
Not counted (data over three weeks old): Texas (last filing 2026-06-23).
Unreachable when this page was built: Oregon.
Also in this edition (5)
Bill Gates proposes taxing robots and reserving jobs for people
Bill Gates issued a warning about AI taking jobs and called for a robot tax. He proposed reserving some work exclusively for humans. The plan addresses AI's impact on American employment.
HR Executive · CBS MoneyWatch · NCHStats (via Google News)
Amentum laying off nearly 400 employees in Anne Arundel
Federal contractor Amentum will lay off over 380 workers in Anne Arundel County. The government contractor cuts hit Maryland. People leaders at contractors face similar exposure as federal work shifts.
Baltimore Sun (via Google News) · The Baltimore Banner (via Google News)
Schell Games cuts 10 percent of staff in first layoffs
VR studio Schell Games confirmed layoffs affecting 10 percent of staff. The company said this marks the first job cuts in its history. The veteran studio had previously avoided workforce reductions.
Road to VR (via Google News) · vr.org (via Google News)
German companies slow job cuts as employment gauge hits 15-month high
German companies reduced the pace of job cuts in August. The employment gauge reached a 15-month high, according to Ifo. The shift suggests the economy is rebounding.
finance.biggo.com (via Google News) · ETHRWorld.com (via Google News) · Euronext Markets: Real-time Stock Market Data | live (via Google News) · Gazeta Express (via Google News)
T-Mobile shutters 5 Washington stores and cuts jobs at Bellevue HQ
T-Mobile closed 5 Washington stores and cut jobs at its Bellevue headquarters in fall layoffs. The telecom also shuttered stores in Tacoma and other Washington cities. Total store closures across the state reached 13.
fox23maine.com (via Google News) · Tacoma News Tribune (via Google News)
Questions people asked
- How many jobless claims were filed this week?
- US jobless claims fell to 203,000, continuing a period of historically low layoffs and subdued hiring.
- How many WARN notices were filed in the last 30 days?
- 103 WARN filings covering 6322 jobs were filed across California, Washington, and Maryland in the 30 days through August 28, 2026.
- What was the largest WARN notice filed recently?
- Borton & Sons filed a WARN notice for 928 jobs across multiple Washington locations including Yakima, Zillah, Pasco, and Othello on August 21, 2026.
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 2026-08-28 16:46 UTC from the sources above and state WARN filings.