FedEx, Goodwill to close Bay Area facilities

Both FedEx and Goodwill are closing several Bay Area facilities, leaving hundreds of workers on the chopping block.

On Tuesday, Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay Area filed two WARN notices with the state, announcing its intent to lay off 72 employees at the 1301 30th Avenue location in Oakland and 18 employees at the 750 Post Street Career Center in San Francisco. Both those notices were listed as "Closure Permanent."

FedEx filed two WARN notices last week, announcing its intent to lay off 79 employees at the 1600 63rd Street Emeryville location and 95 employees at the 8455 Pardee Drive location in Oakland. Those layoffs were also listed as "Closure Permanent."

Goodwill announced plans to close two facilities in San Francisco and Oakland. FedEx is also closing two sites.

All told, the two organizations intend to slash a combined 264 Bay Area jobs. The layoffs will affect workers in Oakland, Emeryville and San Francisco.

The job cuts take effect in June.

Across the Bay Area, more than 18,000 people have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2025.

In a statement, Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay Area said these changes came as it is "actively working to secure and open new future locations that will reflect larger, more efficient operational spaces, and an enhanced shopping and donating experience for our community. "

"A few stores and donation centers will close in the coming weeks as size and operational limitations do not align with future growth opportunities, and a few career service locations will be consolidated," the statement continued.

"There are currently two headquarter offices in the region, and an additional Oakland warehouse that will also close in the coming weeks," the statement went on to say. The nonprofit noted that laid-off employees are welcome to apply for jobs at other locations.

Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay Area has not yet told us which donation centers will be closing or which career centers will be consolidated.

A San Francisco resident who asked only to be identified as "Rhino" said he was disappointed to hear of the layoffs slated for the Post Street location in San Francisco.

"That’s a shame, 'cause you got people, maybe they have an opportunity and now they’re losing what little hope they might have had," Rhino said.

Goodwill serves lots of families and communities in the Bay Area. In addition to the stores and donation centers it operates, it's also known for helping people with criminal records, severely low incomes, or disabilities find work.

"It employs a lot of people, which is important in a city that has extremely high rents, food costs, everything else," Rhino noted.

Michael Bernick, former director of California's Employment Development Department and current attorney at Duane Morris LLP, has spent decades working with groups in California that train and place people in jobs.

"Within the nonprofit world of job training groups, it is getting tighter, and even good groups, very high quality groups like Goodwill, are going to face financial pressures," Bernick noted.

He added that while Goodwill makes revenue from sales in stores, other nonprofits that are more dependent on federal funding could face cuts.

"It is likely with the federal cutbacks that the job training world will get more competitive and accountable," Bernick noted.

In California, a company with more than 75 employees is required to file a WARN notice if it lays off more than 50 employees in a 30-day period.