Netflix has notified California that it is laying off 227 employees at its headquarters at 121 Albright Way in Los Gatos, a few miles from Saratoga, according to the state Employment Development Department's latest layoff report.
The company filed the notice Oct. 16, and the state processed it Oct. 19. The listing classifies the cuts as permanent layoffs. A second Netflix notice, filed and processed the same days, covers 267 employees at its offices on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, bringing the company's two California filings this month to 494 positions.
The state's listing gives Sept. 14 as the effective date for both Netflix notices, a date earlier than the filings themselves. The report does not explain the difference, and Netflix's notice letter was not posted with it.
eBay cuts in San Jose
The same report, which covers notices processed from July 1 through Oct. 21, includes a 229-employee permanent layoff by eBay at 2025 Hamilton Ave. in San Jose. eBay's notice is dated Oct. 21, with the same date listed as its effective date.
A busy few months in the county
The Netflix and eBay filings are the two newest of 32 layoff notices from Santa Clara County employers in the report, which together cover 2,736 jobs. The largest: