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Nearly 400 Boeing employees were laid off in Washington state
and more than 500 in California, news outlets reported Monday.
The aerospace giant announced previously it would reduce its
workforce by 10% in the coming months as it tries to recover
from financial and regulatory troubles and a strike by its
machinists that lasted almost two months.
CEO Kelly Ortberg has said the strike did not cause the layoffs,
which he said was the result of overstaffing.
In November, the company started notifying workers who would be
laid off. Notices filed with state employment agencies showed
the first round of cuts impacted about 3,500 people around the
country, The Seattle Times reported.
Those cuts touched people in roles from engineers to recruiters
to analysts and impacted Boeing’s commercial, defense and global
services divisions.
Boeing has said most laid-off employees remain on payroll for
about two months and will receive severance pay, career
transition services and subsidized health insurance benefits for
up to three months.
“As announced in early October, we are adjusting our workforce
levels to align with our financial reality and a more focused
set of priorities,” Boeing spokespeople have said about the
layoffs.
Boeing, based in Arlington, Virginia, has been in financial
trouble since two crashes of its 737 Max jetliner killed 346
people in 2018 and 2019. The company’s fortunes and reputation
took an additional hit when a panel blew off the fuselage of an
Alaska Airlines plane in January.
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