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Boeing handing out layoff notices to 500 workers today

Boeing will hand out 60-day layoff notices today to about 500 employees companywide, including about 60 in Washington. About 40 of the 500...

By Seattle Times business staff

Layoff Ledger

Boeing will hand out 60-day layoff notices today to about 500 employees companywide, including about 60 in Washington. About 40 of the 500 are with the Commercial Airplanes unit.

Boeing has been issuing layoff notices monthly since January, when it said it planned to cut 10,000 positions from its baseline employment of 163,356 on Nov. 30, 2008. Through the end of September, Boeing employment was down by just over 5,000 jobs companywide.

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speea guy, Just quit complaining and get back to work, or you will be next. The level of entitlement amoungst Boeing employees is astounding.... Posted on October 30, 2009 at 7:15 AM by getlostunion. Jump to comment

Re-Deploying from the bloated IAM zone of over-paid, under-skilled, super entitled wrench monkeys will take years. This layoff notice is not... Posted on October 30, 2009 at 7:12 AM by getlostunion. Jump to comment

wait'll you get a load of this headline in about five years. change "500" to "the majority of" and the union will... Posted on October 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM by davidfelder. Jump to comment

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