Bay Area Biotech Layoffs. Hundreds more tech and biotech layoffs have rattled the bay area job market, cutbacks that hint the wobbly sectors have yet to steady themselves and shift. Tech and biotech companies have revealed plans to slash the jobs of hundreds more of their bay area workers, capping off a brutal year for employment.

Hundreds of job cuts jolted the wobbly tech and biotech sectors in a fresh round of layoffs affecting bay area workers, according to new official filings that have. Two san francisco bay area biotech firms and a technology company will slash hundreds of jobs combined through early next year, according to documents filed.