Boeing will reduce its workforce at Southern California's Space and
Intelligence Systems (S&IS) unit by approximately 5 percent this year, cutting
250 to 300 senior non-management positions, employees learned Monday.
In an e-mail to staff, Boeing vice president and S&IS general manager Craig
Cooning said the company has created an "early exit incentive program" and that
attrition should reduce the number of layoffs required.
"However we must be prepared to adjust our staffing levels in order to remain
competitive," the e-mail said.
The cuts will come among experienced -- and hence more highly paid -- employees
at Boeing's El Segundo, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and Torrance sites.
Cooning's memo said "2012 was a very successful year for S&IS" and that the
year's acheivements would not have been possible "without the work of this very
capable and committed S&IS workforce."
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