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What FormFactor layoffs have meant for employees

FormFactor tied its 2026 plans to its cost structure and gross margin, and to manufacturing capabilities matched to current and anticipated business needs, in a January 2026 8-K. The Carlsbad and Baldwin Park plants were being consolidated to other manufacturing facilities, according to its third-quarter filing, though neither document names those sites, and the charges related mainly to the company's Probe Cards segment. On the people side, the 8-K counted costs to sever or retain employees, and its charge estimate put severance and retention in one line. In the 10-Q's estimate, employee severance and benefits come to $10.0 million to $12.5 million of $32.0 million to $40.0 million in all. So if you worked at either plant, the plan's own numbers allowed for keeping some people on as well as letting others go, and a retention payment, where one was offered, was counted in the same restructuring estimate as severance.

The state's WARN report puts the two plants' effective dates 322 days apart, though both notices went in the same day. The consolidation was staggered, with Baldwin Park's date first and Carlsbad's close to the end of December 2026, when the 8-K expected the plan's actions to be largely completed. The 8-K also said facilities charges could run past that point, so costs for the buildings weren't expected to end with the last effective date.

Two employers filed notices at FormFactor's Livermore headquarters in October 2022. FormFactor adopted its 2022 plans on October 25 and expected the work to wrap up, for the most part, before its fiscal fourth quarter was out, according to its October 2022 8-K. Demand in its probe card business had fallen, by the company's account, a different reason from the cost and manufacturing aims it gave in 2026. Its own notice for permanent layoffs carries that October date in EDD's report for that year. The second notice came from Roth Staffing Companies, doing business as Ultimate Staffing Services at FormFactor, filed under its own name at the same Southfront Road address, and it listed its effective date as the day it was dated. Anyone searching the state's report by that address finds both filings. If a staffing firm placed you at FormFactor, the 2022 notices show that firm, not FormFactor, filing the notice for the people it placed there.

The state's report gives each FormFactor notice one line, with its notice, received and effective dates, the county, the count, the type and the address. If you're after the job titles or the separation details behind one of those notices, EDD accepts public records requests for copies of the notices themselves through its GovQA site, in the category set aside for WARN notices, according to its WARN page.

Help after a notice comes through local workforce offices. The local workforce area contacts the employer to arrange Rapid Response services once a notice is processed, EDD's page says, and those teams help affected workers with job searching, training and questions about unemployment insurance. Local workforce boards and America's Job Center of California offices offer help with resumes, interviews and training programs, and a counselor at a local AJCC is free to meet with. CalFresh helps eligible families buy groceries with monthly benefits on an EBT card, EDD notes. If your job loss is tied to foreign competition or a relocation, EDD says more help may be available through Trade Adjustment Assistance. An unemployment claim in the state is the subject of unemployment in California.

A sourced history of FormFactor layoffs

• January 2026, Carlsbad and Baldwin Park consolidation plan

  FormFactor began consolidating its Carlsbad and Baldwin Park plants, with costs to sever or retain about 200 to 300 employees, its January 2026 8-K said. Closure notices list 113 Baldwin Park jobs and 107 at Carlsbad, per California's WARN report.

• October 2022, Probe Cards restructuring and Livermore notices

  FormFactor adopted plans to lower headcount by about 13%, citing reduced Probe Cards demand, its October 2022 8-K said. Its Livermore notice listed 52 jobs, and a staffing firm's notice at the same address listed 164, per California's WARN report.

What to do if you're laid off from FormFactor

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. FormFactor's biggest hubs: California. 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 FormFactor's hub states run: California, 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.