Week Ahead: November 8 Brings 5,311 Scheduled Layoffs, the Fourth-Heaviest Week on the Calendar

The week of November 8, 2026, has 5,311 workers with layoffs scheduled to take effect, according to current WARN data tracked by Layoff Atlas. It is not the heaviest week on the calendar, but it sits firmly in the upper half: a mid-November step up from the quieter weeks around it, and a reminder that the autumn layoff calendar stays busy well past the end of October.

These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. WARN notices record what employers told state agencies they intend to do, and plans can change — dates move, counts are revised, and some announced cuts never happen.…