Samsung\u00a0Electronics\u00a0has cut jobs at its US display, phone and other consumer electronics operations \u2014 affecting workers mainly in New Jersey and Texas, according to documents and two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The South Korean tech giant said on Sunday in a statement to Reuters that 739 roles in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, have been affected by plans by\u00a0Samsung\u00a0Electronics America (SEA) \u2014 which is focused on consumer electronics and does not include chips \u2014 to move its headquarters to Texas.<\/p>\n
At SEA\u2019s Plano, Texas office, some 100 workers including staff in its mobile division, have been let go, according to one person who said they were among the employees laid off. Sources declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.<\/p>\n
Samsung said that 739 roles at Samsung\u00a0Electronics America \u2018s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, have been affected by its move to Texas. Anne-Marie Caruso\/NorthJersey.com \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
The cuts \u2014 though related to the shift in headquarters \u2014 underscore diverging fortunes within the South Korean tech giant with its chip division skyrocketing to record profit but its consumer electronics units languishing as chip costs surge.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u2019s decision to shift SEA\u2019s headquarters is striking because SEA employees in New Jersey only moved to new offices with much fanfare less than a year ago. SEA employs about 1,200 workers in the Garden State, according to a press release by US Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., who attended an event to mark the opening of the new offices in September.<\/p>\n
While the precise extent of the layoffs at SEA could not be learned, documents seen by Reuters show that the unit notified some employees on June 30 of an \u201centerprise-wide reduction-in-force,\u201d adding that there were a \u201csignificant number of impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n
LinkedIn posts reviewed by Reuters also show more than 30 workers, including senior sales and marketing officials in both Texas and New Jersey as well as a few in other US locations, said they have been let go or left the company over the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
Details about the job losses at SEA have not previously been reported.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u00a0said in its statement that the shift of SEA\u2019s headquarters \u201cmay lead to changes in our workforce structure, such as employees who are unable to relocate, or certain functions that are optimized to ensure our roles align to key business priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some 100 workers at Samsung\u2019s offices in Plano, Texas, have been let go, Reuters reported. SAMSUNG<\/p>\n
A majority of people affected have received relocation offers, but others were let go, it added without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Its mobile division, however, is expected to post its first-ever loss, as it grapples with intense competition from Apple. Chinese rivals like and Hisense\u00a0are also challenging\u00a0Samsung\u00a0in televisions and home appliances. Higher chip costs due to the AI boom have weighed on earnings for all of its consumer electronics products.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u2019s job cuts mirror moves by\u00a0other global firms\u00a0including Microsoft, Amazon\u00a0and Meta, which have shed jobs while redirecting spending toward AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., attended an event to mark the opening of new Samsung headquarters in New Jersey in September. Getty Images The Hill & Valley Forum<\/p>\n
It has also joined Tesla, Oracle\u00a0and other tech companies in moving headquarters or major operations to Texas, known for lower taxes and business-friendly regulations. The state is already home to\u00a0Samsung\u2019s chip factories and a mobile hub in Plano.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u00a0workers are concerned the recent job cuts could be followed by additional layoffs and a consolidation of the company\u2019s appliance, home entertainment and mobile divisions, as it focuses resources on chips, a current SEA employee said.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u00a0said in its statement there was currently no broad, global restructuring underway within its consumer product business.<\/p>\n
REUTERS<\/p>\n
Samsung\u00a0has\u00a0flagged\u00a0it will likely post a 19-fold jump in second-quarter profit on strong AI-driven chip demand. It also\u00a0announced\u00a0plans last month to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in new chip plants.<\/p>\n
The relocation of the unit\u2019s headquarters is intended to foster \u201cstronger collaboration and optimize the organization by bringing more teams together within a growing technology and AI ecosystem,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u00a0Electronics had 11,770 employees in the US as of the end of 2025, which includes workers in its chip division.<\/p>\n
Samsung\u2019s IT services affiliate\u00a0Samsung\u00a0SDS America, has flagged that 179 roles could be cut at Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, according to a June notice required under the state\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n
Those personnel changes are due to the relocation of\u00a0Samsung\u00a0SDS\u2019 North American headquarters and had nothing to do with layoffs or restructuring,\u00a0Samsung\u00a0said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung\u00a0Electronics\u00a0has cut jobs at its US display, phone and other consumer electronics operations \u2014 affecting workers mainly in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[910,44678,6453,6178,24991,50183,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-378889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-business","tag-electronics","tag-layoffs","tag-relocation","tag-samsung","tag-south-korea","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}