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What Under Armour layoffs have meant for employees

Most of the charges in Under Armour's latest restructuring sit outside its employee severance and benefits estimate. Of the up to $305 million the plan carried after its May 2026 increase, about $46 million in cash and $7 million in non-cash charges are employee severance and benefits, the company's June 2026 restructuring note shows, and the rest covers contract terminations, facilities, software, impairments and what it calls transformational initiatives. That severance and benefits estimate has grown, though more slowly than the plan. It stood at $22 million of a $70 million to $90 million estimate when the plan was announced in May 2024, the Baltimore Banner reported, and it went up with each enlargement after that, so by our arithmetic it has more than doubled while shrinking from a quarter to a third of the plan to about a sixth. For anyone weighing a package, negotiating severance goes through which terms tend to have room to move.

Under Armour's target for finishing the plan has moved later. In November 2025 the company expected the plan to be substantially complete as fiscal 2026 closed, its November 2025 filing says, and the June 2026 note gives December 31, 2026 instead, about nine months later by our count. An earlier plan's dates didn't line up either. The 2018 reduction was expected to be completed by March 31, 2019, Retail Dive reported from a company release, while the Maryland filing for the headquarters layoffs that were part of it gave an expected window of March 8 to June 30, ending three months past that target, according to Technical.ly. Both are expectations, the company's for the whole cut and the state filing's for one site.

In 2020 Under Armour set different terms for temporary layoffs and for job cuts that came with severance. The store and distribution teammates set for temporary layoffs that April had been paid up to four weeks of full pay since the crisis started, and the layoffs would come with roughly two months of company-paid health coverage for eligible teammates, its April 3, 2020 release said, while the reduction it added that September, mostly of corporate jobs, carried severance money in the restructuring, according to a September 2020 filing. If a layoff you're told about is called temporary, the end of any company-paid coverage is the date your plans hinge on, and a return date, if one is given, is the other.

The Curry Brand split moved quickly for the people closest to it. Its core leadership team was laid off less than a month after the November 2025 announcement, according to people close to the situation who spoke to Sole Retriever, while other Curry staff were reassigned into hybrid roles helping wind the partnership down. On that account, the separation ended some jobs outright and moved others into roles that still touch the Curry business.

Under Armour's own distribution network is smaller than it was. Rialto was one of the company's primary distribution centers when the closing was announced, Retail Dive reported, and the March 2026 exit target came about 18 months after that announcement. With it gone, the fiscal 2026 annual report lists two primary distribution sites it leases, at Sparrows Point in Maryland and Mount Juliet in Tennessee, plus outside logistics firms running its centers abroad, and about 900 of its roughly 14,100 employees worked in distribution as of March 31, 2026. If you worked at Rialto, that state's claim rules sit at California unemployment benefits; for Sparrows Point they're at Maryland unemployment benefits, and Mount Juliet's are at Tennessee unemployment benefits.

A sourced history of Under Armour layoffs

• December 2025, Curry Brand leadership team layoffs

  The Curry Brand's core leadership team, at least five people, was laid off December 8 and other Curry staff reassigned into hybrid roles, Sole Retriever reported, citing sources close to the situation.

• November 2025, restructuring widened for the Curry Brand separation

  Under Armour's board added $95 million to the restructuring for separating Curry Brand plus more contract terminations, impairments and severance, a November 2025 filing shows.

• September 2024, Rialto, California distribution center closing announced

  Under Armour said it would close the Rialto center and exit by March 2026, adding $70 million to a restructuring then projected at $140 million to $160 million, with $37 million of that for severance and benefits, Retail Dive reported.

• May 2024, restructuring plan with layoffs

  Under Armour was preparing layoffs after a drop in North American sales, the Baltimore Banner reported, under a restructuring expected to cost $70 million to $90 million, including $22 million budgeted for severance and benefits.

• June 2023, cut of 50 corporate positions

  Under Armour was laying off 50 corporate positions across several functions, a spokesperson confirmed to Retail Dive, and the company said the affected teammates would get severance, healthcare benefits and outplacement support.

• September 2020, reduction of about 600 jobs, mostly corporate

  Under Armour's board added $75 million to the 2020 restructuring, taking it to about $550 million to $600 million, including up to $30 million in severance and benefits for cutting about 600 employees, mainly corporate, a September 2020 filing shows.

• April 2020, temporary layoffs in stores and distribution centers

  With its stores closed, Under Armour said in an April 3, 2020 release it would lay off U.S. store teammates and about 600 distribution center teammates temporarily from April 12, paying full health benefits for those eligible for about two months.

• September 2018, 3% cut across the global workforce

  Under Armour announced a 3% cut, roughly 400 of about 13,500 employees, a spokesperson told Retail Dive. Fifty of those jobs were at its Locust Point headquarters in Baltimore, with layoffs expected from March 8 to June 30, 2019, Technical.ly reported from a Maryland filing.

• 2017, 280 layoffs, half of them in Baltimore

  Under Armour laid off 280 people in 2017, half of them in Baltimore, Technical.ly reported in 2019.

What to do if you're laid off from Under Armour

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