Retailer issues WARN notice confirming 381 job cuts at older Sunnyvale offices while newer Crossman Avenue site stays untouched.
Walmart will lay off 381 corporate employees in Sunnyvale on Aug. 22, only a few months after the company celebrated the opening of a state‑of‑the‑art campus three miles away. The cuts are detailed in a June 18 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing and affect four buildings on West California Avenue.
WARN notice details 381 Sunnyvale Walmart layoffs and upcoming August effective date
According to the filing, workers across the 640, 680, 840 and 860 West California Avenue addresses will receive termination notices this summer. A letter sent to staff on May 21 signaled that “several hundred” corporate roles would disappear, but it stopped short of naming specific teams. Now, technology, merchandising and support personnel know the precise date their positions end. The next table is a key timeline:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 2025 | Crossman Avenue campus opens |
| May 21 2025 | Internal letter warns of office cuts |
| June 18 2025 | WARN notice filed with California |
| Aug 22 2025 | 381 Sunnyvale roles eliminated |
The upcoming reduction follows news that 106 positions at Walmart’s e‑commerce hub in nearby San Bruno will also disappear on the same August date. Consequently, Bay Area layoffs tied to the retailer now exceed 480 for the year.
New Crossman Avenue campus remains unaffected but strategy questions linger for employees
The gleaming Crossman Avenue complex—designed to accommodate roughly 2,000 associates—opened with fanfare in April and remains unaffected by the WARN filing. Still, many workers wonder: Will the new site absorb displaced colleagues, or is this a sign of deeper restructuring? Company spokespeople have not clarified current headcounts at the facility, nor have they specified whether additional roles will migrate to Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters.
Nearby tech titans LinkedIn, Google and Meta have also pared back local staffing since 2024, reflecting a broader slowdown in Silicon Valley’s once‑red‑hot corporate real‑estate market. Yet Walmart’s dual‑campus shuffle stands out because the layoffs target an established office mere weeks after a multimillion‑dollar expansion down the road.
Previous Bay Area corporate cuts add to mounting pressure on Walmart tech workforce
The latest move continues a nationwide trim of office‑based roles that began in 2023. Back then, Walmart consolidated several smaller hubs, urging workers to relocate or work from one of three strategic centers: Bentonville, Hoboken and Northwest Arkansas. “Our goal is to operate leaner and move faster,” management wrote in a prior memo. However, some employees say the rapid changes are whiplash‑inducing—and who can blame them?
For affected staff, California’s WARN statute grants 60 days’ notice and access to state re‑employment services. Walmart has also promised transition assistance, though specifics were not disclosed.
What happens next? Impacted associates should review severance details, file for unemployment promptly, and monitor internal job boards in case openings arise at the Crossman campus or other Walmart locations.