The Layoff Club

Laid off from AECOM.

AECOM's latest restructuring is easier to read in its SEC filings than in WARN notices. Our tracker holds 0 filings covering 0 jobs since the start of 2025. Meanwhile AECOM booked $53.6 million in restructuring and acquisition costs in fiscal 2026 through June, $40.8 million of it personnel and other costs.

At a glance

What's known about AECOM severance and layoffs

  • 0 filings covering 0 jobs · AECOM WARN filings since 2025, our tracker
  • $53.6 million, $40.8 million personnel and other · AECOM restructuring and acquisition costs, fiscal 2026 through June
  • $150 million to $200 million · AECOM fiscal 2026 restructuring outlook, August 2026 call
  • $59.4 million, $32.0 million labor-related · AECOM restructuring and acquisition costs, fiscal 2025
  • Completed January 31, 2020; buyers created Amentum · AECOM Management Services sale
  • Opened November 2025; business kept February 2026 · AECOM Construction Management sale review
  • Dallas, Texas · AECOM headquarters

Recent AECOM layoffs

AECOM held its fiscal 2026 restructuring outlook at $150 million to $200 million in August 2026

On AECOM's fiscal third-quarter call in August 2026, the company reiterated $150 million to $200 million in restructuring-related costs for fiscal 2026, with about $54 million booked through the third quarter and most of the rest expected in the fourth quarter and beyond, per a TipRanks summary. Its quarterly filing puts fiscal 2026 through June at $53.6 million, $40.8 million of it personnel and other costs.

Previous rounds

AECOM layoff history

Looking for AECOM's cuts in WARN notices mostly turns up history. Our tracker holds 0 filings covering 0 jobs since the start of 2025. Older rows are all it holds. The company's own filings are where the recent activity shows. Across fiscal 2026's opening three quarters, through June 30, AECOM booked $53.6 million in restructuring and acquisition costs, $40.8 million of it personnel and other costs, and $42.0 million of those combined expenses was accrued and unpaid at June 30. None of it comes with a headcount on record, which makes the numbers hard to plan around.

AECOM attached a purpose to the plan when it announced it. Its November 18, 2025 results release said fiscal 2026 cash flow guidance included investments to execute the company's announced restructuring "to deliver key AI initiatives and efficiencies," and CFO Gaurav Kapoor said in the same release that AI is creating new opportunities, "including being able to scale our human and intellectual capital in more impactful ways." On its fiscal third-quarter call in August 2026, AECOM kept its outlook of $150 million to $200 million in restructuring-related costs for the fiscal year, per a TipRanks summary, with about $54 million booked through the third quarter and most of the rest expected in the fourth quarter and beyond. That outlook came with no headcount, unit or location list on record.

The years before looked different on paper. AECOM's fiscal 2025 annual report put restructuring and acquisition expenses at $59.4 million, $32.0 million of it labor-related, and its 2026 quarterly filing says no new transformational restructuring began during fiscal 2025's first three quarters. In fiscal 2024 the total was $98.9 million, and just $18.7 million of it was labor-related, against $80.2 million in non-labor costs. Nothing in those filings says how many jobs any of it covered.

Which part of AECOM you worked in decides which records apply to you. AECOM completed the sale of its Management Services business on January 31, 2020, and the buyers created Amentum, so notices from that work filed under Amentum's name sit on our Amentum page. Our AECOM tracker leaves out rows that name Management Services, URS Federal Services, EG&G, Flint Energy Services or AECOM Government Services, and counts rows filed as URS Corp, Tishman Construction or Hunt Construction. Construction Management went the other way. AECOM opened a review of that business, including a possible sale, in November 2025 and said in February 2026 it would keep owning and operating it. The cover of its 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2026 lists AECOM's headquarters at 13355 Noel Road in Dallas.

Earlier workforce actions on record followed specific contracts and markets. In July 2020, Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity ended two unemployment call center contracts, and AECOM had around 800 representatives on that account, though the reporting doesn't say how many of them lost jobs or moved to other work. The department pointed to vendor performance, while an AECOM official suggested state funding may have been part of the issue. In the UK and Ireland, AECOM opened a consultation in August 2020 that it said may impact up to 500 roles, and in May 2024 it put 306 Transportation employees at risk of redundancy, up to 138 of whom could go by July. An anonymous employee told New Civil Engineer that shifting work to AECOM's engineering hub in Bangalore, India was part of the reason. That's one employee's unverified account.

If a cut reaches you at AECOM, start with the documents you're given. No severance terms from a U.S. AECOM round are on record in the reporting we track. Read every document you're handed, and keep the original letter and the reason it gives. In a federal lawsuit filed in April 2026, an AECOM Technical Services marketing manager alleges her October 30, 2025 letter cited a need to reduce the workforce, and that AECOM later gave a different reason, poor performance. AECOM hadn't answered those allegations when they were reported, and they show why a copy of the stated reason is worth keeping somewhere you control.

Reporting on previous AECOM layoff rounds

What to do after being laid off from AECOM

  1. File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. AECOM's biggest hubs: Texas. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
  2. Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what AECOM's hub states run: Texas, and every other state is here.
  3. Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
  4. Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
  5. Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.

AECOM layoff and severance questions

Is AECOM laying off employees in 2026?

There's no headcount on record. Our tracker holds 0 filings covering 0 jobs in 2026. The money is on record, though. AECOM's quarterly filing shows $53.6 million in restructuring and acquisition costs in fiscal 2026 through June, $40.8 million of it personnel and other costs, and on its August call the company kept a $150 million to $200 million restructuring outlook for the fiscal year.

Why is AECOM restructuring?

AECOM's own explanation came in its November 18, 2025 results release, which said fiscal 2026 cash flow guidance included investments to execute its announced restructuring "to deliver key AI initiatives and efficiencies." CFO Gaurav Kapoor said in the same release that AI is creating new opportunities, "including being able to scale our human and intellectual capital in more impactful ways." No role count, unit or location for the plan is on record.

Is AECOM selling its construction management business?

AECOM put its Construction Management business under review in November 2025, with a possible sale among the options, then said on February 9, 2026 that it had finished the review and would continue to own and operate the business.

Are AECOM Management Services layoffs listed under Amentum now?

AECOM completed the sale of its Management Services business on January 31, 2020, and the buyers created a new company, Amentum. Notices filed under Amentum's name are on our Amentum page, and our AECOM tracker leaves out rows that name Management Services or URS Federal Services.

Does AECOM pay severance?

No severance terms from a U.S. AECOM round are on record in the reporting we track. One federal lawsuit filed in April 2026 alleges an AECOM Technical Services marketing manager was given a severance package after an October 2025 letter eliminated her position, which is one person's allegation and not a policy. In the 2024 UK consultation, AECOM said it would consider voluntary redundancy applications. If you're offered anything, read every document and keep a copy of each.

Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from AECOM?

In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. AECOM's biggest U.S. hubs are Texas. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.

Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at AECOM?

Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.

What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at AECOM?

Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.

Should I sign the severance agreement right away?

First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.

Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from AECOM?

Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.