Tech companies have revealed plans for hundreds of Bay Area job cuts — with most of the reductions occurring as a result of tariff turbulence, California’s burdensome business regulations, and customer woes in China.
The layoffs raise fresh uncertainty about the stability of the Bay Area employment market.
Google, SAP America, Advanced Pressure Technology, Oracle America and Cruise are among the latest tech companies to disclose decisions for layoffs in the Bay Area, official filings with the state Employment Development Department show.
The five companies have decided to eliminate a combined total of 386 Bay Area jobs, according to the WARN notices they sent to the state EDD.
Here are some details about the layoffs the five companies are planning and where they are slated to take place:
— Advanced Pressure Technology is cutting 237 jobs in Napa. The layoffs are expected to occur on Dec. 1.
— SAP America is eliminating 82 positions in Palo Alto. The staffing reductions are scheduled for Nov. 21.
— Google is cutting 50 jobs at several offices in Sunnyvale. The downsizing is due to take place on Nov. 9.
— Cruise is eliminating 12 positions in San Francisco. The layoffs occurred on Sept. 30.
— Oracle America is cutting five jobs, consisting of four in Redwood City and one in Pleasanton. The reductions are due to take place on Nov. 5 and Nov. 10.
All the companies said their job cuts would be permanent.
Advanced Pressure Technology, whose products include valves, regulators and gas flow components that are often used by tech firms such as semiconductor makers, told the EDD that its layoffs were occurring as part of a permanent shutdown of its plant in Napa.
Tariffs, California’s rough regulatory framework, and customer losses in China and elsewhere are the big reasons for the staffing reductions, Advanced Pressure Technology said. Advanced Pressure Technology, also known as AP Tech, is a unit of Indiana-based SMC Corp. of America, an equipment and machinery manufacturer.
“AP Tech has had a significant slowdown in demand from key customers,” Christine Castille, human resources manager of SMC Corp. of America, wrote in the WARN letter. “One of the largest customers in China has accumulated 12 months of excess inventory and is actively canceling orders as well as exploring alternative suppliers.”
The federal government’s wide-ranging tariff policies played a hand in the plant shutdown.
“A significant portion of AP Tech’s customer base is outside of the U.S., where tariffs and shifting global trade policies continue to impact pricing and order volumes,” Advanced Pressure Technology stated in its WARN letter.
AP Tech conducted numerous efforts to avoid the hundreds of job losses and plant shutdown.
“Our proactive efforts to preserve jobs have not been enough,” AP Tech stated in the WARN notice. “We have tried eliminating overtime, reallocating resources to try and stabilize operations, and an earlier mass layoff in July 2025.”
The cost of doing business in California also contributed to the plant shutdown in Napa. The work being done in the Bay Area is being shifted to Indiana, where SMC Corp. maintains its primary operations.
“Despite extensive efforts to streamline operations, the cost of maintaining the facility in California has remained higher than can be supported,” SMC announced on Oct. 3.