California’s WARN report lists ServiceNow, Inc. layoffs effective 2026-08-17 in two California locations: Santa Clara County, with 54 workers affected, and San Diego County, with 63 workers affected. The report also lists 2026-06-10 as both the notice date and the received date for the two entries.
A separate Los Angeles Times report said ServiceNow filed nearly 300 layoffs across two California offices and described the layoffs as part of a shift to AI. The same report said ServiceNow started 2026 with roughly 29,000 employees and currently has 30,000. The supplied primary source does not itself state the AI rationale; that linkage comes from the Los Angeles Times report.
The two sources give different timing details. The California WARN filing shows an effective date of 2026-08-17, while the Los Angeles Times report said the layoffs would take effect on Sept. 28. The supplied sources do not explain that difference.
What the state filing shows
The California Employment Development Department’s WARN report identifies ServiceNow, Inc. layoffs in Santa Clara County and San Diego County, with 54 workers and 63 workers affected respectively, and it places both notices on 2026-06-10. On the same filing, the effective date is 2026-08-17 for both locations.
Because the supplied sources only identify those two California locations, this article does not extend the WARN filing beyond Santa Clara County and San Diego County. The bundle also does not identify the affected workers’ roles, job families, or whether the cuts came from one team, multiple teams, or a broader reorganization within ServiceNow.
What the Los Angeles Times reported
The Los Angeles Times reported that ServiceNow filed nearly 300 layoffs across two California offices and linked the move to a shift to AI. That same report said the company started 2026 with roughly 29,000 employees and currently has 30,000. The bundle does not supply additional detail about how those figures were calculated or whether they refer to a specific date inside the year.
The reporting and the state filing do not fully align on timing, so the safest reading is to treat them as two source-specific accounts. The California WARN report is a procedural notice with a specific effective date for the listed California jobs. The Los Angeles Times report is a separate account that says the layoffs would take effect on Sept. 28 and describes them as part of a shift to AI.
What the supplied sources establish
The supplied sources establish a narrow set of facts: ServiceNow’s California WARN notices were filed on 2026-06-10, they list 117 affected workers across Santa Clara County and San Diego County, and the state filing says the layoffs took effect on 2026-08-17. The Los Angeles Times separately reported that the cuts were tied to a shift to AI and said the layoffs would take effect on Sept. 28.
Beyond those points, the bundle does not show whether the California notices were part of a broader restructuring, whether the two source accounts refer to the same group of workers, or whether additional locations were included elsewhere.
Sources
- California WARN report for 7/1/25 to 6/30/26 — California Employment Development Department
- ServiceNow cuts nearly 300 jobs in Silicon Valley — Los Angeles Times