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Layoffs at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Layoff events
6
verified and sourced
Roles reported
1,156
roles in total
Announced between
Aug 2023 to Jan 2026
Reported by
Thermo Fisher Scientific / Massachusetts, Boston.com, The Boston Globe, North Carolina Department of Commerce, 828 News NOW, The News & Observer, MedTech Dive, BioSpace, and Fierce Biotech

This page records what we could verify and source. It is not a complete record of every job cut at Thermo Fisher Scientific: a layoff nobody published and nobody sent us is a layoff that is not on this page.

Layoff events on record, with what we know of each and where we read it.
Company What happened Roles reported Share of staff Where Announced Sources
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Site closure

Thermo Fisher disclosed plans to close its Franklin, Massachusetts facility; an initial WARN notice listed 103 affected employees, but the company later clarified that 80 workers would be laid off while other employees were reassigned, relocated or able to pursue internal roles.

 80 40% 27 Forge Parkway, Franklin, United States
3 sources for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Site closure

Thermo Fisher announced a permanent closure of its Asheville-area manufacturing facility in North Carolina; the current state WARN summary lists 423 affected workers.

 423 Not known 275 Aiken Road / Weaverville facility, Buncombe County, NC, Asheville, United States
3 sources for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific notified Massachusetts of 300 job cuts across its Cambridge and Plainville viral-vector operations, effective March 30.

 300 Not known Cambridge and Plainville, Massachusetts, United States
2 sources for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Restructuring

Thermo Fisher Scientific disclosed 74 layoffs at its Carlsbad, California plasmid DNA manufacturing site beginning May 31.

 74 Not known Carlsbad plasmid DNA manufacturing site, Carlsbad, United States
1 source for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Site closure

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced closure of its Petaluma, California site, affecting 74 employees.

 74 Not known Petaluma, California site, Petaluma, United States
1 source for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Restructuring

Thermo Fisher Scientific disclosed 205 layoffs across two Alachua, Florida sites, with reductions beginning Oct. 9.

 205 Not known Two Alachua, Florida sites, Alachua, United States
1 source for Thermo Fisher Scientific

Where this comes from

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