Tech giant to shutter six California plants, announces 1,400 layoffs

St. Petersburg-based Jabil told California officials it was temporarily closing the plants and laying off employees for a few days around the holidays.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:10 p.m. November 7, 2022

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

St. Petersburg-based technology component manufacturer Jabil Inc., one of the largest companies in the Tampa Bay region with some $33 billion in annual revenue, is laying off 1,364 California employees and closing six plants for the final week to 10 days of the year. News of the temporary job cuts comes from letters the publicly traded company sent to the Golden State’s Employment Development Department in late October.