Samsung Layoffs Impact Over 60% of New Jersey Staff as HQ Moves to Texas: 739 Roles Affected

Samsung affected 739 roles at its Englewood Cliffs office, most offered relocation to Texas while some were laid off. (Credit: Samsung Newsroom)

Samsung Electronics has cut hundreds of jobs across its US consumer electronics business as it prepares to move its American headquarters from New Jersey to Texas, unsettling a workforce that had moved into new offices less than a year ago.

Samsung confirmed that 739 roles at Samsung Electronics America's (SEA) office in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, were affected, a figure also listed in a state WARN notice. Most of those staff were offered the chance to relocate to Texas, and the rest were laid off. The company did not say how many people lost their jobs.