Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Whirlpool
357 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in WA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 357
- Workers cut
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Whirlpool has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 357 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Whirlpool has 2 recorded filings covering 357 workers across 2 states, primarily WA, the 571st-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.
Whirlpool is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #211 in Other Services.
How 357 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.
Whirlpool 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.
Whirlpool WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 2 states by total workers affected.
| Year | IN | WA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 217 | – | 217 |
| 2011 | – | 140 | 140 |
Whirlpool 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.
Evansville accounts for 60.8% of Whirlpool's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Lead city Evansville · 60.8% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer WHIRLPOOL · Whirlpool 357 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-CLOSE
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-MID #571
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 31d
- STAT-MULTI 2 states
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-CLOSE 2 closures
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 Whirlpool WARN filings · notice runway
Top 2 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.
- Evansville, IN · Closure · Manufacturing 217 workers · filed Sep 19, 2012 · 0d runway
- Yakima, WA · Closure · Other Services 140 workers · filed Apr 12, 2011 · 62d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 31 days (1 under 60d · 1 at/above 60d · 1 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Whirlpool WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2011 → 2012: WARN workers affected for Whirlpool rose from 140 in 2011 to 217 in 2012; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2012.
Where Whirlpool 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. Whirlpool is in the 151-500 bucket (#571 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- WA
- Primary Industry
- Other Services
- First Notice
- Apr 12, 2011
- Latest Notice
- Sep 19, 2012
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Sep 2012.
WARN Notice History
2012
Evansville, IN · Manufacturing
Effective: Sep 19, 2012
217
workers
Filed Sep 19, 2012
2011
Yakima, WA · Other Services
Effective: Jun 13, 2011
140
workers
Filed Apr 12, 2011
Questions about this Whirlpool record
What is the largest Whirlpool WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Evansville, IN on Sep 19, 2012, covering 217 workers in Manufacturing.
Where were Whirlpool's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Evansville and Yakima; together they form 2 facility-closure filings sourced from Indiana DWD and Washington ESD. States represented in this record: IN, WA.
Where is Whirlpool's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Evansville accounts for 60.8% of Whirlpool's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Does Whirlpool's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2011 through 2012 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Whirlpool'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 2 filings on record, 1 without a published effective date is excluded from that figure.
See also: WA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Whirlpool 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.