LayoffHedge(@LayoffAI):BOEING IS CUTTING 5% OF ITS COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE WORKFORCE The division had nearly 50,500 employees at the end of 2025. Notices start going out in December, through a mix of layoffs and attrition. The reason given is production. Boeing Commercial Airplanes head Pope told staff that slower output "puts us in an overstaffed position." Boeing's own India site says it has about 7,000 employees in the country. Its Bengaluru campus is the largest Boeing facility of its kind outside the US. Its approved H-1B petitions rose from 26 in FY2025 to 72 in FY2026.

2026.11.09 17:51

BOEING IS CUTTING 5% OF ITS COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE WORKFORCE The division had nearly 50,500 employees at the end of 2025. Notices start going out in December, through a mix of layoffs and attrition. The reason given is production. Boeing Commercial Airplanes head Pope told staff that slower output "puts us in an overstaffed position." Boeing's own India site says it has about 7,000 employees in the country. Its Bengaluru campus is the largest Boeing facility of its kind outside the US. Its approved H-1B petitions rose from 26 in FY2025 to 72 in FY2026.