PayPal Layoffs WARN Notice: 251 San Jose Jobs, 557 at Trinity Health and Amentum Cuts Land in October

PayPal's California WARN notice covers 251 jobs at its San Jose headquarters, with separations set for 30 October 2026, according to The American Bazaar. Trinity Health's notice covers 557 mostly IT workers at Livonia, Michigan, from 25 October, and Amentum has filed in Maryland and Georgia with 31 October dates. Newsweek's October list (published 1 October 2026) puts the three at 251, 557 and 456 workers.

What did Newsweek's October WARN list actually say?

Newsweek's table, published 1 October 2026, lists PayPal at 251 workers (effective Oct. 30), Trinity Health Corp. at 557 (Oct. 25) and Amentum at 456 (Oct. 31). The table has three columns only: company, workers affected and effective date. It gives no state, city or link to an individual notice, and says the list is based on WARN Act filings.

That matters because a WARN notice is filed state by state and site by site. The sections below go back to the reporting on each filing, so you can see where the jobs are and which roles are in scope.

Which PayPal jobs are covered by the WARN notice?

The notice covers 251 jobs at PayPal's San Jose headquarters and was filed with California's Employment Development Department, per The American Bazaar. WARNTracker lists a notice date of 31 August 2026 and a layoff date of 30 October 2026.

The same report breaks the roles down as senior-heavy: more than 100 engineering positions, over 50 senior software engineers, nearly 50 directors and more than 40 senior managers. Those categories overlap, so they do not add up to 251 and should not be summed.

Why is PayPal cutting jobs?

The San Jose filing is one piece of a wider restructuring. According to The American Bazaar, the plan removes about 20% of PayPal's global workforce, and Bloomberg earlier reported roughly 4,760 employees out of about 23,800. The same article says PayPal expects about $1.5 billion in savings over two to three years, including roughly $400 million by the end of the first year.

The report says Enrique Lores became president and CEO in March 2026, and describes the company's aim as becoming more efficient and redirecting resources toward areas including artificial intelligence. These are the company's stated direction as relayed by one outlet. The article does not carry a direct PayPal quote about the San Jose notice.

What is Trinity Health cutting in Livonia?

Trinity Health's notice covers 557 workers at its Livonia, Michigan site, with layoffs between 25 October and 29 November 2026, according to WXYZ and WOOD TV. The roles are largely IT. The biggest single group is Service Desk Support I, with 49 roles.

Other titles in the notice include database administrator, engineer and imaging analyst, per WOOD TV. This is not a clinical cut. The change hits internal technology support such as the service desk and applications support.

Why is Trinity Health outsourcing IT?

Trinity announced in June that it would move some in-house technology and information services to a partner, per WXYZ. WOOD TV quotes the announcement: "The pace and complexity of health care technology are accelerating. Sustaining that pace is increasingly difficult for any single organization on its own."

The announcement says patient-facing roles are not affected and promises "opportunities for new roles within Trinity Health and the partner organization along with transition support and resources." Neither outlet names the partner, and Trinity declined further comment to WOOD TV, pointing to the June announcement. Treat the redeployment language as the company's own claim: the notices do not say how many people will actually be offered roles.

What has Amentum filed, and where?

The Amentum jobs sit in at least two states. In Maryland, The Baltimore Banner reported on 28 August 2026 that two notices were filed with the Maryland Department of Labor on 18 August. The first affects 317 workers in Hanover, Anne Arundel County, effective 31 October. The second affects 65 workers in November.

In Georgia, WRDW reported on 15 September 2026 that Amentum filed a notice for 77 jobs tied to intelligence work at Fort Gordon, with first separations expected 31 October. The roles named include 27 guards, 22 computer operators and 17 alarm monitors, plus a handful of administrative and program positions.

Newsweek's 456 figure appears in a list that names no state, so this article does not attribute that total to a specific notice.

Why is Amentum cutting jobs?

An Amentum spokesperson, Chanel Mann, told the Banner the layoffs were triggered by "the transition of certain intelligence contracts." WRDW reports the company gave the same reason for the Georgia notice, and that supporting customers' mission "remains our top priority during the transition."

Amentum is based in Chantilly, Virginia, and is the second-largest services provider to the federal government, per the Banner. Neither report says which contracts are moving or who the incoming provider is.

Are you in an affected sector?

Three different patterns show up in these filings, and each calls for a different response.

If you work in one of these areas but not at these employers, the filings are a signal about direction, not a prediction about your own role. One notice per company says little about the sector as a whole.

What should affected workers do now?

Start with the dates. The effective or separation date in a notice is the date employment ends or the start of a window, so you may have weeks left. Trinity's window runs 25 October to 29 November.

1. Read your notice or letter for the exact separation date and any severance or transition terms.
2. Ask HR whether internal or partner roles are open, as Trinity says they are.
3. Save your work samples, performance reviews and contact details while you still have access.
4. Check the state WARN database for your employer to confirm the site and count.
5. Apply through employers' own career pages rather than reposted listings.

What's still unclear?

Several points remain open. Newsweek's list has no state or notice links, so its Amentum figure of 456 cannot be matched to a single notice, while the Maryland and Georgia notices reported here are for 317 and 77 workers. Aggregators such as WARNTracker republish state data and can contain errors, so confirm counts against the state record.

For PayPal, the senior-role breakdown comes from one outlet and the categories overlap. For Trinity, the partner is not named and the number of workers who will be offered new roles is not public. For Amentum, the Banner notes the Maryland notices list an address that is a Wawa gas station and convenience store, and Amentum did not respond to a question about it. The WRDW role counts add up to 70, not 77, and the article does not explain the gap.

Finally, a WARN notice is an advance filing. Actual layoffs can differ in number or timing from what was filed.