Verizon has filed 8 WARN notices across 2 states, affecting 2,182 workers. The largest concentration of filings is in New Jersey. Filing dates range from Dec 31, 2024 through Oct 16, 2026. The Feb 20, 2026 filing for 1,319 workers in Basking Ridge is the largest filed in New Jersey in 2026 and larger than 99 percent of WARN filings nationally. Basking Ridge accounts for 90% of affected workers.
The current year is incomplete; these totals are not a like-for-like growth comparison.
Type not specified for 75% of filings.
Verizon Communications is a telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. The company operates the largest wireless network in the United States and provides broadband, fiber optic (Fios), and business communications services. Verizon employs roughly 105,000 people.
Verizon has conducted multiple rounds of workforce reductions as the telecom industry consolidates and shifts toward automated network management. The company offered voluntary separation packages to thousands of employees in 2018 and has continued smaller reductions since. WARN filings from Verizon and Verizon Wireless reflect call center closures, retail store consolidations, and network operations restructurings across multiple states.
Verizon's early investment in fiber optic infrastructure (Fios) positioned it well for broadband demand, though the company stopped expanding the Fios footprint in the mid-2010s. Its acquisitions of AOL (2015) and Yahoo (2017) were intended to build a digital media and advertising business, but that strategy failed and the combined entity was sold at a loss in 2021. The company refocused on its core wireless and broadband business.
Verizon replaced CEO Hans Vestberg with former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman in October 2025. Schulman took over immediately with a mandate to reverse years of market share losses and revive growth. The company is completing its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications (expected to close in early 2026) to expand its fiber network. Schulman has signaled aggressive changes to cost structure and company culture. Verizon is also investing in 5G network expansion, fixed wireless broadband, and AI for network management and customer service automation. Ongoing cost reduction efforts are likely to continue generating workforce changes.
Last reviewed 2026-04-15| Location | State | Type | Workers | Effective | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 282 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-10-16 (source date) |
2026-10-16 (source date) | |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 35 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-09-18 (source date) |
2026-09-18 (source date) | |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 121 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-08-07 (source date) |
2026-08-07 (source date) | |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 156 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-08-07 (source date) |
2026-08-07 (source date) | |
| Not Provided | WA | Layoff | 54 | 2026-09-18 Recorded: 2026-07-16 |
2026-07-16 |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 1,319 larger than 99% of filings |
Not separately reported Recorded: 2026-02-20 (source date) |
2026-02-20 (source date) | |
| Not Provided | WA | Layoff | 165 | 2026-01-23 Recorded: 2025-11-21 |
2025-11-21 |
| Basking Ridge | NJ | 50 | Not separately reported Recorded: 2024-12-31 (source date) |
2024-12-31 (source date) |
Verizon has an upcoming layoff effective Oct 16, 2026. If you are affected, you remain employed with regular pay and benefits until the effective date. Use this time to prepare: file for unemployment insurance so your claim is ready when your last day arrives, review your COBRA health coverage options, and visit your local America's Job Center for free career counseling and retraining vouchers. Ask about Rapid Response services, which are specifically designed for WARN-affected workers.
Find your state's unemployment insurance program and apply online. You may be eligible before your last day.
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Federal WARN generally requires 60 days notice for covered employers and qualifying events, subject to exceptions. State rules may differ.
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Data on this site comes from WARN Act filings published by state workforce agencies. Where a state does not publish a usable list, filings come from a third-party compilation and are marked on each row. Filings are updated regularly but may not reflect same-day submissions. Coverage varies by state.
News reports may describe a different time period, geography or company-wide announcement. This page contains 8 filings covering 2,182 reported workers in the last 24 months. Those figures cannot be reconciled with a headline alone. Use the individual source records above to check locations and dates; filings can include amendments and do not prove that all announced layoffs occurred.
Across 2 filings with usable paired dates, the median recorded gap is 63 days. This is date arithmetic, not a finding about notice received by workers or legal compliance. Source definitions, coverage and exceptions matter.
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