Texas is seeing another round of tech-sector cuts, with Couchbase joining the list of companies trimming staff in the state.
Couchbase, a California-based cloud database firm with offices in Austin, is laying off 11 employees in Travis County, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. The reductions are scheduled to take effect January 12.
The company stated in its filing that the cuts are permanent.
The affected employees, most of whom work on sales and corporate teams, were not represented by a union and do not have bumping rights, according to the state agency, which said it received the notice on November 13.
The Austin workforce update comes as local and statewide job-loss notices continue to accumulate.
New filings published by the Texas Workforce Commission show United Supermarkets reported 126 affected workers in Lubbock, and Dometic Corporation reported 54 affected workers in Grand Prairie, with both layoffs beginning in January. The agency posted the filings, which include employer-provided timelines and job counts.
Couchbase’s move arrives roughly two months after the finalization of the software company’s $1.5 billion acquisition by Haveli Investments, an Austin private equity firm, the Austin-American-Statesman reported. The deal took Couchbase private, with shareholders receiving $24.50 per share. The job cuts in Texas follow additional layoffs in California; the company announced last week that it was eliminating about 50 positions from its San Jose headquarters, according to a report published by the Austin American-Statesman.
Federal WARN law generally requires companies with at least 100 employees to give 60 days’ notice before certain large-scale layoffs or facility closures. State agencies that publish WARN notices emphasize that information in these postings reflects what companies report directly.
Couchbase lists its Austin office at 9050 North Capital of Texas Highway. The Couchbase website indicates that the company is a cloud database provider serving more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100, with a mission to “simplify how organizations develop, deploy, and run modern applications.”
Company materials highlight a global footprint that includes offices in Bangalore, London, and Singapore.
The new Texas layoffs add to a growing list of workforce reductions by technology, manufacturing, and retail employers across the state in November, based on public filings.