As fresh calendars land on desks at the start of a new year, job searches will unfortunately plague the pages of hundreds of Texas workers. A handful of mass layoffs were filed several days before and after the Times Square Ball drop, leaving nearly 600 Lone Star State workers to join the unemployment line in the first quarter of 2026.
A common culprit throughout 2025 is behind one of these major layoffs, which are largely hitting major cities across North Texas. FedEx announced 89 courier employees at a Fort Worth facility will be without a job by March 2, having been verbally notified back in October, due to an ongoing effort to make pickup, transport and delivery more efficient under the company’s Network 2.0 plan.
“Employees whose positions are eliminated or impacted will be provided with the options to consider transfer to new locations, severance, or a leave of absence during which they may pursue other positions with FedEx. These decisions are never taken lightly and reflect our commitment to supporting affected employees,” FedEx officials said in a public letter to the mayor of Fort Worth.
In another blow to the North Texas workforce, Comerica bank is nixing 184 positions at its tower in Frisco. The writing has been on the wall for the Dallas-headquartered banking institution amid its impending merger with Fifth Third Bancorp valued at several billion dollars.
These employees are set to have their final day with the company by March 13, but it’s unclear if any additional layoffs are expected as jobs across the two companies are aligned and redundancies are identified.
“Operationally, both banks will continue to function as separate entities until the transaction closes. Integration planning is underway, with a focus on a smooth transition for customers and employees,” a Comerica information page about the acquisition states, noting a definitive merger agreement has been inked.
A “strategic solutions provider” in Dallas, Telvista, is officially shutting down a call center on Stemmons Freeway, cutting 110 jobs by the last day of February. Though, the company warns that “unexpected business circumstances” may lead to them to let workers go ahead of February 28. Company officials vow to offer severance benefits to anyone hit with cuts before the termination date.
As has become a frequent occurrence across Texas, a major janitorial contract has been forgone and replaced with a new third party at Southern Methodist University. As a result, some 201 janitors will be without a job by midnight on March 12.
Another 10 ABM employees, including account managers, administrative assistants, technicians and leadership positions, will be cut at the same time.
“The reason for this mass layoff was an unforeseeable business circumstance as SMU has decided to provide its janitorial work to another vendor at these locations, meaning that it is terminating its third-party contract with ABM to provide these services,” a letter filed with the Texas Workforce Commission states.