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What Kuehne + Nagel layoffs have meant for employees

If your job hangs on one account, the reason line on a notice tells you less than it seems to. Illinois's 2020 report called Aurora a "Lost Contract," Mississippi's list said Southaven's contract wasn't being renewed, and the company's Plainfield letter and Urbana letter both say the two sides "will be terminating" a contract, wording that reads the same whether a customer walked or Kuehne + Nagel did. With Whitestown, Arizona and Locust Grove, that makes seven of the eight notices we could tie to a stated reason. Arizona is the case where the choice has a name, since Hoodline reported Honeywell's move to insource the work, and Honeywell is also the one customer named twice, with Urbana in 2025.

At three of those sites the work was set to go on under someone else, Ryder at Whitestown, Honeywell in Arizona and an unnamed new operator at Locust Grove, per Georgia's entry. That turns staying on into a hiring question at a different company. If a new operator is recruiting at your building, the pay, the schedule, the benefits and the start date are for you and that employer to settle, and if Kuehne + Nagel has offered you anything, it's worth knowing whether taking that job changes it.

Lewisville in 2026 is the eighth notice, and it reads as Kuehne + Nagel rearranging its own network. Part of the work was headed to Louisville, Kentucky, along with about 100 positions, the company said, per Hoodline, and it wasn't the site's first notice, since a 68-job filing sits in our tracker from November 2024. If you're ever offered a move to another site, the city, the job and the pay are the details that let you weigh it against leaving.

The Plainfield and Urbana letters each told the state the company isn't union-affiliated and bumping rights don't exist, and Lewisville's filing said no union represented its workers. The lists also climb well past the warehouse floor. Urbana's ran from the site manager and an HR generalist to forklift and clerical staff, and Georgia's entry for Locust Grove did much the same, down to truck drivers. At a closing like those two, the person explaining it to you may be on the same list, so anything the site gives you in writing is worth keeping a copy of before that office shuts.

The global program is the company's own decision, so what matters is who it falls on. Kuehne + Nagel's pledge that cuts would mainly be operational drew pushback from unnamed sources at The Loadstar, who said at least 40 people went when the global account program shrank. Those are accounts, not company numbers. If you work in forwarding, sales or a back-office role, that's the part of this record closest to yours. Contract logistics was adding people in 2026, with third-quarter 2026 results citing new customer projects worldwide, so a closing at one building doesn't tell you the unit was shrinking.

The dates in these notices were estimates of a sort. Urbana's letter said "on or about," Aurora's layoffs were listed across two months and Lewisville's came in steps. If you're on a notice like those, your last day could land well after the first date it prints, and if you're weighing another job, it's worth knowing which date is yours. For the two sites with 2026 notices, Texas unemployment benefits and Georgia's explain how to start a claim.

A sourced history of Kuehne + Nagel layoffs

• June 2026, Lewisville, Texas, staged layoffs

  Kuehne + Nagel planned to lay off 90 of the site's 189 full-time employees in three steps from June 29 to August 14, per a WARN letter relayed by Hoodline. The company expected to relocate about 100 positions and shift part of the work to Louisville, Kentucky, while exploring redeployment.

• April 2026, Locust Grove, Georgia, permanent closure notice

  A permanent closure covering all 153 worksite employees went on Georgia's WARN entry, with first separations dated April 1. The employer's comment said the facility planned to move to a new third-party logistics operator and Kuehne + Nagel would cease operations there.

• March 2026, global job-cut estimate raised

  Kuehne + Nagel raised its staff-related savings estimate in its full-year 2025 results to CHF 150 million and above 2,000 full-time equivalents, from CHF 110 million and 1,000 to 1,500, under a program of at least CHF 200 million a year.

• October 2025, global cost program announced

  Kuehne + Nagel announced group-wide cost cuts, with 1,000 to 1,500 jobs in line, per The Loadstar, and a pledge that operational staff, not commercial, would mainly go.

• February 2025, Urbana, Ohio, Honeywell contract ending

  Kuehne + Nagel said in its Urbana letter that it would cease operations with Honeywell around April 30 and permanently terminate 57 employees because the two were ending their contract. It also counted 50 permanent full-time staff at the site.

• April 2024, Tempe and Phoenix, Honeywell insourcing

  Honeywell's insourcing move put 227 Kuehne + Nagel positions at two Valley sites on course to end by July 31, 138 in Tempe and 89 in Phoenix, per Hoodline. An HR manager put the company's remaining Arizona contract logistics staff at around 170.

• August 2023, Southaven, Mississippi, contract not renewed

  A 110-job Southaven layoff went on Mississippi's WARN list with an August 29 notice and an August 31 action date, and the reason given was a contract not being renewed.

• March 2023, Whitestown, Indiana, Rockwell Automation contract ending

  Kuehne + Nagel told Indiana it would cease operations with Rockwell Automation when their contract ended May 10. All 294 employees, per IBJ, would have the option to work for Ryder Logistics once it took over the facility.

• May 2022, Plainfield, Indiana, Rolls-Royce contract ending

  Kuehne + Nagel said in its Plainfield letter that it would stop work for Rolls-Royce on June 30, closing the site, with their commercial contract ending. The closure carries 17 jobs in our tracker.

• December 2020, Aurora, Illinois, lost contract closure

  A plant closure at 4200 Ferry Road, with 115 permanent layoffs from February 15 to March 31, 2021, went on Illinois's December 2020 report. The stated cause was a lost contract.

• July 2019, Indianapolis closure notice

  A 241-job Indianapolis closure carried a September 30 effective date in our tracker.

What to do if you're laid off from Kuehne + Nagel

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Kuehne + Nagel's biggest hubs: Indiana, Texas, Georgia. 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 Kuehne + Nagel's hub states run: Indiana, Texas, Georgia, 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.