Hundreds of employees at Comcast’s Philadelphia headquarters face layoffs as the company restructures its national operations.
The company plans to eliminate 634 positions at its two Center City towers (officially 1800 Arch St. and 1701 JFK Blvd.).
“We’re simplifying our organizational structure to move faster, improve execution and operate more efficiently,” Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong said during the company’s Oct. 22 earnings call.
More than 8,000 of those employees worked at the two Center City offices. The 643 layoffs represent nearly 8% of that workforce, but the 500 additional hires will bring the net reduction to 1.8%.
Despite the layoffs, the company plans to add 500 new jobs in Philadelphia and 1,100 across the country, according to the company’s restructuring notice.
“Comcast is fundamentally redesigning our organization to build a more agile company and better serve our customers,” Robert Murken, vice president of government affairs, wrote in the letter to Mayor Cherelle Parker. “These changes will help us accelerate innovation and compete more effectively in a rapidly changing industry.”
Separations are scheduled to begin Dec. 31, according to PA’s WARN notice listing. The layoffs are expected to include engineers, product managers, business analysts and information technology leaders, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“We are deeply grateful to the colleagues whose roles are affected and for the contributions they have made to Comcast,” Murken said. “Philadelphia is our home. It’s where our company was founded and built, and it remains central to who we are and our future.”
Affected employees will be considered for other roles within the company, and any who don’t secure a new position will receive severance, according to the notice.
Impacted employees, some with over a decade at the company, have taken to LinkedIn, posting reflections on their time at the company and asking for connections to new jobs. Other current and former Comcast employees have also been posting messages of support for affected colleagues.
Nationally, the staffing reductions will span Comcast’s cable TV, broadband and wireless businesses, according to Reuters. Another 159 jobs are slated for elimination in Washington state, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported yesterday.
What’s next for Comcast’s Philly HQ?
In total, Comcast employs about 15,000 people in the Philadelphia area, making it one of the largest employers in the region.
More than 8,000 of those employees worked at the two Center City offices. The 643 layoffs represent nearly 8% of that workforce, but the 500 additional hires will bring the net reduction to 1.8%.
The Philly HQ houses corporate leadership, technologists, engineers and the LIFT Labs startup accelerator, which has helped founders build connections across the communications giant’s network and across the region.
Last year, the company cut 500 jobs in other parts of the country, but doubled down on its commitment to its Philly headquarters. That restructuring scrapped the company’s division structure, shifting the responsibilities of the connectivity and platforms unit to employees at the Philly HQ.
“With this change, our HQ teams will design strategy, while our field teams will execute,” read a company memo from last September.
This summer, Comcast announced a planned separation from its media business, NBCUniversal. The split, expected to close in mid-2027, would leave Comcast focused on broadband, wireless and business technology services while NBCUniversal and Sky become a separate company.
At the time, the company declined to comment on how the separation would impact its Philly presence, but acknowledged that NBCUniversal’s presence was relatively small in Philadelphia, compared to other cities like New York.
The company also saw major leadership shifts last year, with former company president Michael Cavanaugh becoming co-CEO with Brian Roberts at the beginning of 2026. Once the split is finalized, Cavanaugh will lead NBCUniversal and former chief financial officer Michael Angelakis will take over at Comcast.
Comcast faces growing competition for its internet business. The company lost a reported 144,000 residential broadband customers during the third quarter of this year, up from 91,000 a year earlier.
