#utah

The University of Utah athletic department initiated employee layoffs. This action is part of a restructuring linked to Otro Capital. Select units will transition to Crimson Brand Partners. Impacted employees can interview for similar positions there. The official separation date is scheduled for June 30.

Salt Lake City, Utah

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2026/05/29/utes-begin-unsettling-layoffs/

ProFrac Services, LLC will lay off 157 workers. These layoffs are at its Vernal oil field. The company cited a significant local market downturn. The layoffs are scheduled to begin May 26. ProFrac Holding Corp. is the parent company.

Vernal, Utah

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/18/vernal-oilfield-plans-lay-off-more/

Owens Corning confirmed upcoming layoffs in Utah. The company will lay off 67 employees at its Nephi facility. Owens Corning is a major manufacturing company. The company made a strategic decision to curtail operations.

Nephi, Utah

https://www.abc4.com/news/central-utah/billion-dollar-company-layoffs-nephi/

Packaging manufacturers announced over 500 planned layoffs in March. These workforce reductions will occur in the coming months. Advanced Packaging, Genpak, Millwood, PCA, and Smurfit Westrock are among the affected companies. Plant closures are planned in Maryland, Utah, Illinois, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Genpak cited rising polystyrene bans for its Cedar City facility shutdown.

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/march-2026-packaging-manufacturing-closures-layoffs-genpak-pca-smurfit-westrock/816222/

Meetings in person with Jim C to discuss current issues with GEM program as it is slowing down and people are asking lots of questions. No invites and only emails with dates and times.

This is what happened two years ago and then we had 1,000 of people being laid off.

ProFrac Services, LLC is laying off 157 workers at its Vernal, Utah oil field. The company disclosed this mass layoff in a WARN notice on March 27. The layoffs are scheduled to start May 26, citing a significant downturn. ProFrac also noted a loss of business revenue and internal reorganization. The company told employees they could apply for other jobs and some positions might be retained.

Vernal, Utah

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/18/vernal-oilfield-plans-lay-off-more/

https://warnfirehose.com/data/layoffs/utah

Hour Media acquired three Utah magazines in February. These include three prominent Utah lifestyle publications. Most employees were laid off one month later. Eight of eleven staff members lost their positions. The Detroit-based owner, Hour Media, offered no comment.

Salt Lake City, Utah

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2026/03/12/layoffs-utah-lifestyle-magazines/

PBS Utah, KUER Cut Eight Jobs After Funding Loss

PBS Utah andKUER laid off eight employees. Six staffers were from PBS Utah, and two were from KUER. This action followed the rescission of federal funding for CPB. The stations faced a roughly $3 million revenue gap. Five additional PBS Utah workers will retire early.

https://current.org/2026/01/pbs-utah-kuer-lay-off-8-employees/

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Revere Health, a healthcare company headquartered in Provo, Utah, is laying off 177 employees. The layoffs are a result of a new partnership with IKS Health, a company that specializes in using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to optimize healthcare business processes. The affected employees are primarily from Revere Health's central business office, and the company is providing severance packages and transition assistance.

SOURCE: https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/transitions-ai-mass-layoffs-healthcare-company/

Maybe I’m just completely out of the loop, but there are some job postings on the external career site that are in random locations. One in Dallas, one in Salt Lake City Utah (assuming that one is the bank), and the third in West Palm Beach, FL? What’s with this?