Layoffs at Farmington Bank were only a matter of time after it was announced earlier this year that the bank would be acquired by People’s United Bank. But those layoffs are now much closer to reality.

The bank told the Connecticut Department of Labor in a recent notice that it plans to let go 95 employees, which is over a quarter of its workforce, according to multiple media outlets. The layoffs would begin Nov. 5, subject to the deal closing, according to the notice, and end in March of 2019.

Jobs to be eliminated include four commercial loan operation coordinators, numerous supervisors, managers, technicians, analysts and others, the notice says.

The bank had 356 employees at the end of the second quarter, according to its latest call report.

People’s United announced in June it would purchase the roughly $3.1 billion asset Farmington Bank for $544 million in all stock transaction. During a conference call People’s United CEO and President Jack Barnes cited the many synergies between the two entities, which operate in very similar markets in Connecticut, as one of the main reasons for the purchase.

Barnes said on that call that branch consolidation was inevitable; 71 percent of Farmington Bank’s branches are within 2 miles of People’s United Bank branches, and 100 percent of Farmington branches are within 5 miles of a People’s United Bank branch. He did say at the time that he expected the company to retain many Farmington employees.