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Boeing last week sent out 60-day layoff notices to 1,000 employees, about 800 of which went to employees of Boeing's engineering, operations, and technology unit. Most of those 800 are in IT, said Tim Healy, a company spokesman.
By the time the 60-day deadline rolls around, there's a chance retirements and other forms of attrition cold scale back some of the job cuts, "although it's impossible to predict how often that could happen or how many employees will leave the company," Healy added.
The most recent layoffs are the latest in Boeing's plan to cut some 10,000 jobs overall. Boeing employees about 158,500 people, including 18,000 in its engineering and technology group. Last month, the company reported record revenue for 2009 at $68.3 billion, up from $60.9 billion in 2008.
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Trooper_One
February 23, 2010 at 1:07pm
" the company reported record revenue for 2009 at $68.3 billion, up from $60.9 billion in 2008. "
Some people made a lot of money, but it sure ain't the workers!
violian
February 23, 2010 at 12:03pm
Well, Boeing did just completed the unveling of their 787, and I'm sure the people that were laid off were directly related to the designing of the 787. The 787 was 2 years behind schedule before its unveling - due to many design flaws - lol, so maybe those were the workers that were fired? The new 787 design will keep them competitive for the next 10 years atleast - according to this analyst that spoke. Hence, their recent record profit.
k11k
February 23, 2010 at 10:13am
This is how all big companies in the US is today. They used the recession as an excuse to lay off worker, just made record profit, but I can't afford to keep you. Some company just use it to trim payroll and hire cheaper. What happen to the good old days when you didn't do your job, you get layoff? Well it called getting a lawsuit cause no matter how bad you are at that job, they don't have the right to just fire you anymore, US gotta love it.
