Intuitive Surgical plans to lay off 331 people in California, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state.
The layoffs are expected to take effect by Oct. 27, and will take place at a facility in Sunnyvale, California. In the WARN notice, Intuitive stated that the company “will cease operations for graveyard and weekend shifts for Ion Instruments & Accessories (I&A) production, as well as related logistics and quality operations activities in Sunnyvale. All roles supporting these shifts will be eliminated.”
The majority of the positions affected are for assembly technicians. California’s database classifies the layoffs as “manufacturing.”…