Employer · WARN Act history · Manufacturing
Thermo Fisher Scientific
449 workers across 6 WARN notices, primarily in CA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 449
- Workers cut
- 6
- WARN notices
- 3
- States
- 75
- Avg / notice
Thermo Fisher Scientific has 6 recorded WARN filings affecting 449 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Thermo Fisher Scientific has 6 recorded filings covering 449 workers across 3 states, primarily CA, the 421st-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a minor share of Manufacturing WARN activity — 0.2% of the sector's 211,445 workers across 776 employers, ranking #62 in Manufacturing.
How 449 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Thermo Fisher Scientific WARN workers by state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, grouped by the state agency that received the notice, not a corporate headcount by HQ state.
Thermo Fisher Scientific WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 3 states by total workers affected.
| Year | CA | IN | FL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 173 | – | – | 173 |
| 2025 | 85 | – | 59 | 144 |
| 2023 | – | – | 18 | 18 |
| 2009 | – | 114 | – | 114 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific city concentration · concentrated
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
Van Allen Way Carlsbad accounts for 45.9% of Thermo Fisher Scientific's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 84.4%.
Lead city Van Allen Way Carlsbad · 45.9% · 5 named cities · top-3 share 84.4%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer THERMO-FISHE · Thermo Fisher Scientific 449 workers · 6 filings
NOTC-MID · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-MULTI · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-MID 6 filings
- WORK-MID #421
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 30d
- STAT-MULTI 3 states
- BOOK-MULTI 3 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 1C/5L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Thermo Fisher Scientific WARN filings · notice runway
Top 5 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Van Allen Way Carlsbad, CA · Layoff · Professional & Technical Services 173 workers · filed Jan 27, 2026 · 0d runway
- Indianapolis, IN · Closure · Health Care & Social Assistance 114 workers · filed Jun 8, 2009 · 206d runway
- Orlando, FL · Layoff · Health Care & Social Assistance 59 workers · filed Apr 29, 2025 · 60d runway
- Newton Dr Carlsbad, CA · Layoff · Manufacturing 52 workers · filed Jul 29, 2025 · 0d runway
- Van Allen Way Carlsbad, CA · Layoff · Manufacturing 33 workers · filed Jul 29, 2025 · 0d runway
Median forward runway across 6 dated filings: 30 days (3 under 60d · 3 at/above 60d · 3 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Thermo Fisher Scientific WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2023 → 2025: WARN workers affected for Thermo Fisher Scientific rose from 18 in 2023 to 144 in 2025; notice count rose from 1 to 3.
- 2009 → 2023: WARN workers affected for Thermo Fisher Scientific fell from 114 in 2009 to 18 in 2023; notice count held from 1 to 1.
- 2025 → 2026: WARN workers affected for Thermo Fisher Scientific rose from 144 in 2025 to 173 in 2026; notice count fell from 3 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2026.
Where Thermo Fisher Scientific Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Thermo Fisher Scientific is in the 151-500 bucket (#421 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- CA
- Primary Industry
- Manufacturing
- First Notice
- Jun 8, 2009
- Latest Notice
- Jan 27, 2026
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jan 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Van Allen Way Carlsbad, CA · Professional & Technical Services
Effective: Jan 27, 2026
173
workers
Filed Jan 27, 2026
2025
Newton Dr Carlsbad, CA · Manufacturing
Effective: Jul 29, 2025
52
workers
Filed Jul 29, 2025
Van Allen Way Carlsbad, CA · Manufacturing
Effective: Jul 29, 2025
33
workers
Filed Jul 29, 2025
Orlando, FL · Health Care & Social Assistance
Effective: Jun 28, 2025
59
workers
Filed Apr 29, 2025
2023
Alachua, FL · Information Technology
Effective: Oct 9, 2023
18
workers
Filed Aug 8, 2023
2009
Indianapolis, IN · Health Care & Social Assistance
Effective: Dec 31, 2009
114
workers
Filed Jun 8, 2009
Questions about this Thermo Fisher Scientific record
What is the largest Thermo Fisher Scientific WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Van Allen Way Carlsbad, CA on Jan 27, 2026, covering 173 workers in Professional & Technical Services.
Where were Thermo Fisher Scientific's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Van Allen Way Carlsbad, Newton Dr Carlsbad, and Orlando, among 5 named cities; together they form 1 facility closure and 5 mass-layoff filings sourced from California EDD and Florida Commerce and Indiana DWD. States represented in this record: CA, FL, IN.
Where is Thermo Fisher Scientific's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Van Allen Way Carlsbad accounts for 45.9% of Thermo Fisher Scientific's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 84.4%.
Does Thermo Fisher Scientific's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2009 through 2026 across 4 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Thermo Fisher Scientific's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it. Of 6 filings on record, 3 without a published effective date are excluded from that figure.
See also: CA WARN filings · Manufacturing industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Thermo Fisher Scientific notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.