This year seems to be really layoffs heavy for Boeing. 74 more people will be let go, in addition to at least another thousand nationwide since the start of the year (if my calculations are correct.) Hopefully, this trend will soon come to a full... — read more
Charleston Voluntary Layoffs offered - anyone heard if in-involuntary ones will follow?
Boeing offering voluntary layoffs now in North Charleston (who voted down union representation recently). Does anyone know if in-voluntary layoffs or RIFs will follow like the Sept ones in Seattle? Rumor in the St. Louis IT Center of Excellence was... — read more
Boeing laying of 220 in Seattle
The layoffs will be permanent, and are expected to start in September... I guess good results mean nothing, Boeing will keep doing what it always does... — read more
Can we relax now?
Hmmmm Boeing stock price at all time high but revenue is down with BCA margins actually in double digits 10% and BDS actually with 13% something margin plus major stock buy backs.Of course stating the factories and offices are much more efficient... — read more
Boeing avoiding WARN in St. Louis with lots of medium to small layoffs?
Any word if Boeing St. Louis BDS, SSG, and IT / Engineering are still doing or going to start doing many small to medium layoffs so the don't have to report a WARN to Missouri like they have done the past few years? There is a federal law requiring... — read more
Boeing layoff culture
Here we go again, Boeing layoff culture on the move. Boeing seems obsessed with two things – GE and layoffs, how many times does Boeing have to be burned by fools from GE? Boeing is doing blanket layoffs based on Level, from level 4 to 6 and K&L... — read more
Promises are never kept
Boeing capitalized on the backs of new hires, they scared them! Boeing used this to gain heavily well into the future, the unions acted soft and dint see this coming, they passively went along with what Boeing demanded, contract negotiating behind... — read more
Funds for retraining laid off Boeing employees
It is not a solution, but it is something, at least for affected Seattle - King County employees. U.S. Labor Department is providing the funds necessary to retrain workers who were laid off by Boeing, and will also used some of it to help them find... — read more
VLOs and ILOs
I don't want to be Mr. Negativity here, but that 3x growth is not just revenue, it is a profit goal as well. Let's look at how Boeing has met it's goals in the past. Oh yeah, they do VLOs and ILOs to reduce costs and meet profits expectations. Good... — read more
BA is playing a dangerous game
What BCA is doing is systematically dismantling their entire QA program...all for the sole purpose of cutting costs.!!! Senior leadership believes that "Self Inspection" and "Statistical Analysis" of defects will eliminate the value & "excessive... — read more
Guess it will be a blood bath this year....
"The company has also notified staff of plans for additional job cuts in December, which the unions say they are bracing for." http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/22/news/companies/boeing-layoffs-south-carolina-dreamliner/index.html
North Charleston Layoffs (June 2017)
http://www.wyff4.com/article/boeing-announces-layoffs-at-north-charleston-facility/10208110
CNBC Reports 50 BDS Executives to be RIFed
Anyone know what site will lose the most? BDS St. Louis, Philly, Mesa, OKC, San Antonio, Huntsville? Anyone know if that means the SSG and IT overhead will have RIFs too at those sites due to less customers? CNBC... — read more
SSG jobs moving to Mesa BDS Rotocraft Site
Boeing to move hundreds of Seattle SSG jobs to Mesa AZ (BDS Rotorcraft site). Any news on the number SSG layoffs in other large sites like St. Louis (which for some reason never shows up on the Missouri WARN site like they do in Washington and... — read more
7 More rounds!
after some searching on the boeing internet i found the reduction in force list for this year. so be prepared for a layoff every 2nd to last friday of every month until November 17th! Oh and there 2 dates in october where people will get warns... — read more
Boeing Southern California Layoffs
I received my layoff notice on April 21, 2017. They are going after us 50 & 60 somethings. I don't see them going after the 20 & 30 somethings! Isn't this discrimination? I need a lawyer here!
St. Louis office consolidation 7 bldgs white collar layoffs coming?
Are St. Louis, MO white collar layoffs coming given the possible 7 office consolidation? Any rumors? http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2017/04/26/boeing-to-consolidate-st-louis-campus.html
30304's / Mechanics
There weren't any WARNs issued to 30304's last month... Rumor is they'll be hitting mechanics in May 2017
350 ships
Donald Trump has stated he wants to build a Navy of 350 ships. Good times!
Boeing April 2017 Layoffs News Coverage
Here is a dozen articles on Boeing Layoffs published today - good luck: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-plans-hundreds-of-layoffs-for-engineers-this-week/... — read more
Boeing Global Services - Plano, TX
The new Global Services business unit headquarters is scheduled to be operational in July in Plano, Texas. It's located in the Legacy West mixed-use development in West Plano, the unit will serve pretty much the whole company globally, IT being the... — read more
March 24 Media Wrap
Here it goes: May 2017 Layoffs by Fortune Magazine: http://fortune.com/2017/03/18/boeing-layoffs-may-2017/ Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-plans-another-245-layoffs/ CNN:... — read more
It's going to be a big layoff
At least 465 out of the 300-05 job code alone. They are going all the way back to 2011 in some Job codes.
Union has its own list?
I heard that IAM 751 has its own list too. It is called safe seniority date or some thing like that. How come they don't post it on their website?36
Warn notices
Heard that there is an employee surplus sheet on the company website. It shown all the dates that the notices will come out for this year. will be once a month until Nov of this year (not Oct like other comment).
March layoff
111 warn notices given, man, were the rumors off a tad bit.
Boeing Executives Screw it up Again!
Boeing is not known for hiring the brightest leaders and it sure showed as result of this latest round of layoffs. Boeing's debacle came to fruition I'm part due to Obama's lack of Defense Spending and Boeing leaders who offloaded 80% of the 787... — read more
Impact of Boeing layoffs on Everett, WA economy
What's your estimate on this? Large? Minimal? Massive?
Anyone heard locations impacted from the union stating 1,500 layoffs?
Anyone heard locations impacted from the union stating 1,500 layoffs. http://seekingalpha.com/news/3248239-union-says-boeing-seeking-1500-layoffs
Charleston Union Vote and layoffs?
In the past some Boeing Charleston white collar employees stated they were told by managers that since the site was non-union they would be immune from layoffs (similar to Japanese auto plants in right to work states) but there were layoffs in 2016... — read more
Layoffs @ Boeing in March 2017: El Segundo 6, Huntington Beach 5, Long Beach 3
That's the tally: El Segundo 6, Huntington Beach 5, Long Beach 3
VSPs
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/aerospace/71280/
More cuts coming, buy-out offers, hits to production, etc.
Here is more info: Boeing unveiled Tuesday a new round of buyouts for engineers companywide, and warned that layoff notices will follow later for engineers in Washington state. Two more rounds are likely later this year. A similar buyout offer is... — read more
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-plans-buyouts-layoffs-for-engineers-in-first-of-three-cuts-for-2017/
Article on 2017 layoff plan at Boeing including 3 waves of Voluntary Layoffs.
Seattle Times Article on 2017 Layoffs
Seattle Times Article on 2017 BCA layoffs. New BCA CEO taking over. http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-cuts/
2017 IT Layoff Rumors
Rumors swirling about a spring and / or between 1st and 2nd quarter 7% IT layoff. In 2016 IT announced and did a summer 10% layoff with a 7% announced layoff in 2017. Anyone else hear 2017 rumors?
Boeing Layoffs 2017
Just relax, focus on work, focus on delivering things, making things happen and you will be safe from layoffs anywhere, especially here in Chicago.
A follow-up to the employee survey went to a limited number of employees. More benefit cuts are on the way.
The survey offered primarily lose-lose choices - "would you rather lose company contributions to VIP+ or company contributions to your health insurance plan?". As the survey was not anonymous, I would assume Boeing is determining which choices are... — read more