Bay Area layoffs worsen: Rivian Auto, Impossible Foods chop hundreds

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PALO ALTO — Rivian Automotive and Impossible Foods have joined Zoom Video Communications in a fresh round of wrenching layoffs that are terminating the jobs of hundreds of Bay Area workers.

Including the Zoom layoffs in San Jose that this news organization revealed this week, more than 700 jobs in the Bay Area are being eliminated as a result of decisions by several companies, WARN notices filed with the state Employment Development Department show.

The most recent job cuts revealed by the EDD include:

  • Rivian Automotive, 240 layoffs at multiple sites in Palo Alto
  • Impossible Foods, 132 job cuts in Redwood City
  • Master Class (owned by Yanka Industries), 89 staffing reductions in San Francisco
  • User Testing, 63 job cuts in San Francisco
  • AeroVironment, 17 layoffs in Petaluma. The company makes unmanned aircraft vehicles for the military.
  • Zoom, 199 job cuts in San Jose.

Together, these companies have revealed plans to cut a combined 740 jobs in the Bay Area.

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