IBM layoffs, Panera factory closure impacting Piedmont Triad, WARN notices show
(WGHP) — Two employers have announced layoffs or closures that will impact numerous people in the Triad.
According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce's WARN Notice Summary for 2025, a Winston-Salem-based IBM facility and a Greensboro-based Panera Bread factory filed notice of intended layoffs in the past week.
On March 21, Panera Bread filed a notice that it would be permanently closing a factory in Greensboro, impacting 80 employees. The effective date of this closure is May 21.
On March 25, IBM filed that it would be performing layoffs at a Winston-Salem site, impacting 72 employees effective May 30.
Employers are required by law to file WARN notices ahead of mass layoffs or facility closures.
There have been other WARN notices filed in the Triad since the beginning of the year in Randolph, Davidson, Rockingham and Guilford Counties, impacting over 350 people.
FOX8 has reached out to the Department of Commerce for more information about these WARN notices.
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