https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/06/20/california-lost-222-big-employers-in-4-years-3rd-most-in-the-us/ > The number of big California employers – defined by yours truly as bosses with 100 or more workers – dropped by 222 in the four years ended March 2023. > This loss – only 1% of the statewide total – may not be the business exodus certain California critics complain about. But that’s what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing federal employment data tracking workplaces and workers through unemployment insurance filings between the first quarters of 2019 and 2023.