Laid off from Cushman & Wakefield.
In 2023, Cushman & Wakefield laid off 733 people who staffed Google-owned offices in Silicon Valley after it lost the contract. Its California notices since then name one building apiece, while its own corporate cuts show up mostly as severance dollars in SEC filings, with no headcount on record.
At a glance
What's known about Cushman & Wakefield severance and layoffs
- 7, covering 81 California jobs · WARN notices in our tracker, 2025 onward
- 49 jobs · Largest 2025 notice, 845 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale
- 733 · Jobs cut at Google-owned offices, 2023
- 96 percent · Share Cushman & Wakefield said would be rehired, 2023
- About 53,000 · Cushman & Wakefield employees, end of 2025
- $40 million to $60 million · 2020 program's expected severance and separation charges
- None for any round · Severance terms in the public record
Recent Cushman & Wakefield layoffs
Cushman & Wakefield's 10-Q through June 2026 shows zero restructuring charges
The company's second-quarter 2026 10-Q lists no restructuring, impairment and related charges for the three months or the six months to June 30. Our tracker has no Cushman & Wakefield filing dated 2026, so the seven California notices of June 2025 are still the newest Cushman & Wakefield notices in our tracker.
Previous rounds
Cushman & Wakefield layoff history
Each of Cushman & Wakefield's recent WARN notices names a single building. The tracker's count is 7 filings covering 81 jobs since the start of 2025. Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Mountain View and Carpinteria hold all seven, and the tracker has none from 2026. California's WARN report shows all seven sent June 25, 2025 with permanent layoffs dated August 28. The biggest were 49 jobs at 845 W Maude Ave and 12 at 1000 W Maude Avenue in Sunnyvale, then 10 at 222 2nd Street in San Francisco and 6 in Carpinteria, with ones and twos at three more addresses. The state's list carries no reason column. For these seven, and for five June 2024 notices covering 76 jobs in San Jose, San Francisco and Los Angeles, nothing in the reporting we track supplies a cause.
The 2023 cut is the one with a paper trail. Cushman & Wakefield laid off 733 employees after losing a contract to provide services at Google-owned offices, and every job but four went at two Mountain View buildings, 2637 Marine Way and 800 Maude Avenue. The reporting we track doesn't confirm that Google was the client who ended it. The notice said the work would end June 25, that most of the portfolio was moving to JLL and some San Jose properties to CBRE, and that staff could apply to either. A spokesperson called it "normal course of business" and said the company could "confirm that 96 percent of impacted employees will be rehired," at the incoming providers or inside Cushman & Wakefield. No count of who actually landed where is on record.
Corporate cuts leave a different record, mostly dollars in SEC filings. In February 2020 the company told investors to expect $40 million to $60 million of severance and separation charges from new efficiency initiatives, and in early March the Chicago Tribune reported a significant number of layoffs at the Chicago headquarters. Late 2022 brought an initial reduction across select roles. In 2023 executives described $130 million in savings, about 10% of general and administrative expenses, and CEO Michelle MacKay said the firm had five to 10 years of financial history on a person or team when deciding whom to offer retention. The 10-K says the 2023 cost savings initiatives cut headcount across select roles through September 30, 2024, with restructuring charges of $24.5 million in 2023 and $21.5 million in 2024, mostly severance. None of those filings counts the people, and the company reported about 53,000 employees as 2025 closed.
If a contract change ended your job, the 2023 notice is the clearest precedent on record. It named the incoming firms and invited applications, so ask whoever takes over your building how to apply, and put a written request to Cushman & Wakefield for a role at another client site, since its spokesperson's figure counted rehiring within the company. Get any separation offer in writing too. No terms on record exist for any round, and an earlier round doesn't set what you're offered. In California, the EDD's rules require that you be able, available and looking for work each week, and if your base-period earnings qualify, benefits run $40 to $450 weekly after one unpaid waiting week. Most claimants also have 21 days from the EDD's registration notice to sign up with CalJOBS.
Reporting on previous Cushman & Wakefield layoff rounds
June 2025, seven California buildings · 7 filings covering 81 jobs with layoffs dated August 28, led by 49 at 845 W Maude Ave in Sunnyvale
June 2024, five California buildings · Five notices listing 76 jobs in San Jose, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 51 of them at 345 Park Avenue in San Jose
June 2023, Google-owned offices in Silicon Valley · 733 employees in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and San Bruno after the contract was lost
Terms not published. Staff were told they could apply to JLL or CBRE, and a spokesperson said 96 percent would be rehired there or within Cushman & Wakefield.
Late 2022 to September 2024, corporate cost program · An initial cut across select roles, then headcount reductions that ran through September 30, 2024, with no headcount given
March 2020, Chicago headquarters · A significant number of staff, mostly in communications, research and marketing, per the Chicago Tribune
How Cushman & Wakefield's layoffs compare to other companies
Bisnow set Cushman & Wakefield's 2023 cost program beside similar moves at CBRE and JLL, the two peers the notice named to take over its work at Google-owned offices that June.
What to do after being laid off from Cushman & Wakefield
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Cushman & Wakefield's biggest hubs: California, Illinois. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- 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 Cushman & Wakefield's hub states run: California, Illinois, and every other state is here.
- 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.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- 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.
Cushman & Wakefield layoff and severance questions
Did Cushman & Wakefield have layoffs in 2025?
Yes, in California. Seven notices dated June 25, 2025 covered 81 jobs at buildings in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Francisco and Carpinteria, with layoffs set for August 28. The largest listed 49 jobs at 845 W Maude Ave in Sunnyvale. No reason or terms for them are on record.
Why did Cushman & Wakefield lay off 700 workers in 2023?
It lost a contract to provide services at Google-owned offices in Silicon Valley, with its work there set to end June 25, 2023, though the reporting we track doesn't confirm Google was the client who ended it. The notice said most of the portfolio was moving to JLL and some San Jose properties to CBRE, and that staff could apply to either. The company said 96 percent would be rehired there or internally.
Does Cushman & Wakefield pay severance?
Its filings record severance only in aggregate. Restructuring charges of $24.5 million in 2023 and $21.5 million in 2024 were mostly severance and separation costs, and the 2020 program was expected to cost $40 million to $60 million in severance and separation benefits. Nothing on record shows what any one person received, so an earlier round can't tell you whether an offer is typical. Ask how long you have to decide, and get that deadline in writing.
Is Cushman & Wakefield laying people off in 2026?
None in our tracker so far. It holds no Cushman & Wakefield filing dated 2026, and the company's second-quarter 10-Q lists no restructuring charges through June 30. The seven California notices of June 2025 are the newest in the tracker.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from Cushman & Wakefield?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Cushman & Wakefield's biggest U.S. hubs are California, Illinois. 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 Cushman & Wakefield?
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 Cushman & Wakefield?
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 Cushman & Wakefield?
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.