Boeing Says It's Considering Temporary Layoffs to Save Cash During the Strike by Machinists
Boeing plans to freeze hiring and reduce travel and is considering temporary layoffs to save cash during the factory workers’ strike that began last week, the company told employees Monday.
The company said moves, which include reduced spending on suppliers, were necessary because “our business is in a difficult period.”
Chief Financial Officer Brian West detailed 10 immediate cutbacks in a memo to employees. They include a freeze on hiring across all levels, pausing pay increases for promotions, and stopping all travel that isn’t critical.
“We are also considering the difficult step of temporary furloughs for many employees, managers and executives in the coming weeks,” West said.
Boeing has lost more than $25 billion since the start of 2019, and burned through $4.3 billion in the second quarter of 2024 alone as it stood poised to post another money-losing year.
Stephanie Pope, the head of Boeing’s commercial-airplanes division, cited the company’s $60 billion in total debt in urging blue-collar workers to accept the contract offer last week. She called it the best offer Boeing had ever made — and it was endorsed by the union's local president and negotiators.
But workers who have spoken out before and since the Thursday strike vote said they want raises totaling at least 40% and the restoration of bonuses that Boeing proposes to eliminate.
Additional cost-cutting moves spelled out in the chief financial officer's memo included eliminating first- and business-class service for anyone who does travel, and stopping spending on outside consultants.
West also said Boeing plans to make “significant reductions in supplier expenditures” and will stop most supplier purchase orders related to the 737, 767 and 777 airplane models.
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