Two tech companies have decided to eliminate a combined 180 Bay Area jobs, adding to a growing tally of layoffs affecting the region, new state labor reports show.
Hitachi Vantara announced it would cut 128 jobs at the company’s offices on Augustine Drive in Santa Clara, the cloud-based data storage and software company reported to the state Employment Department.
The company said its layoffs, which are permanent, would occur on Dec. 31 and might continue through Jan. 31, 2026.
“Affected employees were notified by remote video correspondence and by email,” Hitachi Vantara Human Resources stated in its WARN letter to the EDD…