Boeing to lay off 1,000 employees
SEATTLE -- Some 1,000 employees of the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems division will lose their jobs as a result of the Pentagon's budget cuts, the head of IDS told employees in an internal memo issued on Monday.
Jim Albaugh said the layoffs will affect workers at several IDS work sites, which are located in the Puget Sound region, Albuquerque, Anaheim, Houston, Huntington Beach, Huntsville, Long Beach, Mesa, the Potomac region and St. Louis.
The company will begin notifying the affected employees this week, Albaugh said.
"There have been decisions made by our customers that will not be changed and which require action on our part," Albaugh wrote in the memo. "In recent weeks, customers have directed us to stop work or reduce the level of effort on some specific programs, requiring us to take immediate steps to reduce employment."
It is not known whether the announced layoffs will affect any Boeing workers in Western Washington.
As of April 2009, 7,616 workers were employed by Boeing's IDS division in Washington state. Most of those workers were working in Seattle and Kent, and smaller groups were based in Renton, Auburn and the McChord Air Force Base.
Boeing Co.'s IDS division employs 69,245 employees nationwide, according to the numbers released in April. Washington state is home to the third largest IDS workforce in the country after California and Missouri.
Jim Albaugh said the layoffs will affect workers at several IDS work sites, which are located in the Puget Sound region, Albuquerque, Anaheim, Houston, Huntington Beach, Huntsville, Long Beach, Mesa, the Potomac region and St. Louis.
The company will begin notifying the affected employees this week, Albaugh said.
"There have been decisions made by our customers that will not be changed and which require action on our part," Albaugh wrote in the memo. "In recent weeks, customers have directed us to stop work or reduce the level of effort on some specific programs, requiring us to take immediate steps to reduce employment."
It is not known whether the announced layoffs will affect any Boeing workers in Western Washington.
As of April 2009, 7,616 workers were employed by Boeing's IDS division in Washington state. Most of those workers were working in Seattle and Kent, and smaller groups were based in Renton, Auburn and the McChord Air Force Base.
Boeing Co.'s IDS division employs 69,245 employees nationwide, according to the numbers released in April. Washington state is home to the third largest IDS workforce in the country after California and Missouri.