Boeing declined to provide a breakdown of the
affected jobs by state. The Times suggested in
its report that the biggest layoff hits could come
at Boeing’s major offices in the Puget Sound
region, St. Louis and Charleston, South Carolina.
“This is a change we would have made even
without a global pandemic,” Doniz said. She
added that the pandemic “certainly quickened
our pace.”
Company officials have also announced plans to
reduce factory and office space by more than 5
million square feet (465,000 square meters) over
the next few years, and move toward a more
remote operation.
Boeing shed 20,000 jobs companywide last
year and has said it needs to cut 11,000 more
this year, making it harder for the affected IT
employees losing their jobs to find new work in
the company.