170,000 globally, 17,000 laid off. Boeing’s competitor, Airbus, has around 150,000 employees globally, for a comparison (although Airbus doesn’t have US government contracts, as far as I know, which could explain the larger number at Boeing).
A lot of these people probably have little to do with working directly on aircraft manufacturing is my guess. IT, compliance, accounting, and marketing, to name a few. It just takes a lot to manufacture, sell, and maintain aircraft at this scale I think.
Are US govt contracts special that way? Airbus is also a major military supplier, they own Eurofighter and Eurocopter. They also have the FCAS to act as a money pit, and they are apparently the second largest space company in the world as well, they own ArianeSpace among other stuff.
A lot of Boeing positions require security clearance due to the military contracts, I’m not sure how that works in Europe but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have something similar.
And this does not include all the subcontractors, for example the engine is manufactured by other companies like Safran which has around 90,000 employees.
That’s about 17,000 people I believe.
Damn, how do they have so many people?
edit: Apparently it’s 170k total, so 17k fired.
170,000 globally, 17,000 laid off. Boeing’s competitor, Airbus, has around 150,000 employees globally, for a comparison (although Airbus doesn’t have US government contracts, as far as I know, which could explain the larger number at Boeing).
A lot of these people probably have little to do with working directly on aircraft manufacturing is my guess. IT, compliance, accounting, and marketing, to name a few. It just takes a lot to manufacture, sell, and maintain aircraft at this scale I think.
Are US govt contracts special that way? Airbus is also a major military supplier, they own Eurofighter and Eurocopter. They also have the FCAS to act as a money pit, and they are apparently the second largest space company in the world as well, they own ArianeSpace among other stuff.
A lot of Boeing positions require security clearance due to the military contracts, I’m not sure how that works in Europe but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have something similar.
I think it’s less standardized, so it’s more of a thorough background check, but I guess it’s similar.
I once applied to work at NATO and they just wanted a thorough background check.
And this does not include all the subcontractors, for example the engine is manufactured by other companies like Safran which has around 90,000 employees.