Smithfield Foods layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Smithfield Foods reported in its annual reports, 2016 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2016 | approximately 50,200 | January 3, 2016 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
None of Smithfield Foods’s annual reports for 2016 to 2025 describes a layoff, workforce reduction or restructuring.
| Fiscal year ended | Restructuring charges | Cash paid for restructuring |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | $108 million | $89 million |
| 2024-12-29 | $19 million | $70 million |
Smithfield Foods has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Smithfield Foods’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2016) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-24. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.