Posted on 04/05/2020 4:28:55 PM PDT by MCSETots
Boeing will continue indefinitely its shutdown of local factory operations rather than reopening Wednesday as planned, it told Washington state employees Sunday via email. “Boeing is extending the temporary suspension of operations at all Puget Sound area and Moses Lake sites until further notice,” the company told employees. Boeing has about roughly 70,000 employees in the state. The decision affects about 30,000 of them, mostly production workers. Employees who can work from home will continue to do so and volunteer employees will continue to maintain essential services at the plants. The company said its decision was based on its “continuing focus on the health and safety of its employees, current assessment of the spread of COVID-19 in the state, the reliability of the supply chain, and additional recommendations from government health authorities.” The company is paying employees their regular salaries only through Wednesday, the two-week mark of the shutdown, said Boeing spokesman Bernard Choi. From then on, employees not working can use paid time off — either vacation or sick leave.
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Bad merger with McDonnell Douglas.
There we went???
MD effed up a good company.
Gives them more time to see if they can save the MAX.
Nothing wrong with the engineering of the "717". Condit didit.
Is there union problems? Why would they do this ( wonder if it has anything to do with the law suits)
This is wise. I’ve been working virtual for just over a month now from Boeing.
May God bless the assemblers, expeditors and facilities workers who work behind the scenes.
Boeing is dead.
Source or just speculation?
Source or just speculation?
Let’s see.....spending $50+ billion top buy back shares, thereby boosting earnings per share, the stock price and just coincidently executive compensation based on earnings, instead of building better planes more efficiently......
You quoted that this will give Boeing time to save the 737 max. My beliefs for this thread is to save talented factory workers who work in confined spaces and can transit the virus. Stay home. Wash hands frequently.
Wow a lot of info there. Since I increased my 401k contribution to 17% and about to retire after working 29 years.....hope to get to 30..and one more pin to hang...
hoooleee sht! I worked in the 40-56 for 5 years before moving.
That campus is its own little city. Fire. Police. Hospital. Restaurants. Gym. Good God!
Wife shop fab or paint?
Correction - wire shop
Mezzanine. NC Programming. SPEEA.
And you?
Yes me too. Still work engineering for 787.
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