Waste Connections layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Waste Connections reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | 22,539 | As of December 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | 23,854 | December 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 24,214 active employees | As of December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe filing mentions a severance expense tied to an executive departure, which was excluded from adjusted net income.
Word for word“(d) Reflects the cash component of severance expense associated with an executive departure.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryThe company reported severance expense, both cash and non-cash, tied to the departure of an executive, and excluded it from its adjusted net income measure.
Word for word“(e) Reflects the cash and non-cash components of severance expense associated with an executive departure.” 10-K for 2025
Waste Connections 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 Waste Connections’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-12. 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.