Only seven months after its last major round of Bay Area layoffs, biotech company Gilead Sciences is laying off 108 workers from its Redwood City offices.
Last Thursday, Gilead Sciences, best known for its COVID-19 and HIV treatments, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the California Employment Development Department. The notice covers an extensive period, as employees will lose their jobs between June 30 and April 30, 2027. The company laid off 104 Bay Area workers in November.
Positions in manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing/sales and clinical development are taking the brunt of the hit. But those cuts include upper-level leadership and midlevel management positions. Twelve senior directors and 11 vice presidents are losing their jobs…