Boeing to lay off 527 in Puget Sound area Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - by Steve Wilhelm
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Aircraft giant Boeing Co. will lay off 527 employees in the Puget Sound area by April 23, most of them from its Engineering, Operations and Technology unit.
The layoffs, detailed by Boeing (NYSE: BA) in a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) notification, are part of a larger group of 1,020 workers companywide who received layoff notices on Friday. The layoffs are part of a 10,000-person force reduction plan announced last year by Boeing CEO Jim McNerney.
The 527 local reductions include mostly IT workers, said Boeing spokesman Tim Healy, who added that the actual number of layoffs may be fewer than 527.
“Some of these WARN notices may be mitigated by people who retire or leave the company for other reasons,” he said.
The company now employs about 72,000 in Washington, and a total of 158,500.
