Google and Pinterest both disclosed plans to trim scores of tech jobs in the Bay Area in layoffs that are poised to jolt workers in three of the region’s cities.
According to information from the Employment Development Department, Pinterest has decided to eliminate 118 jobs – 102 in San Francisco and 16 in Palo Alto. Google intends to cut 77 jobs in Sunnyvale.
A person walks past a sign with a Google Cloud logo at 1190 Bordeaux Drive in Sunnyvale, as seen in October 2022. (Google Maps)
All of the cuts are expected to be permanent, according to the EDD.
The Google layoffs are scheduled to occur over a period that begins on March 15 and ends on April 12, official filings show. The Pinterest reductions are slated to take place on March 31, according to the EDD.
Plans for reductions by the two companies arrive on the heels of a December 2025 upswing in Bay Area tech hiring that was primarily concentrated in the South Bay.
In December, the region added 200 tech jobs, according to seasonally adjusted industry totals that Beacon Economics derived from the official monthly report from the state EDD. The South Bay added 1,800 tech positions.
The robust gains in the South Bay, however, were nearly completely offset by tech industry net job losses of 900 in the San Francisco-San Mateo region, 600 in the East Bay, and 100 in the North Bay’s metro areas.