Blue Origin has managed to put into orbit The imposing rocket New Glenn And, according to Jeff Bezos, It could become bigger than Amazon in the future. But for now, its priority is to reduce costs and increase the number of releases. To achieve this, the space company has announced the dismissal of “about 10 percent” of its workforce.
With a template of about 14,000 employees, Blue Origin will cut about 1,400 positions, According to Reuters. The layoffs will be concentrated especially in Florida, Texas and Washington. In these last two locations, respectively, the suborbital launch installation of the New Shepard rocket and the company’s headquarters stand out.
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The most affected areas are engineering, R&D and project management, in addition to a reduction in the management team. The announcement has surprised manyespecially after the recent advances of the company. However, the decision seems to respond to the need to make some adjustments to continue sailing in this complex business.
Dave clean, CEO of Blue Origin, held a meeting with the employees and pointed out that “there is no easy way to communicate this.” The executive also talked about the successes that the firm has had in recent months. However, he reflected on the necessary steps they must take to guarantee their operation during the next three to five years.
“We realized, with great regret, that we are not in a position to achieve the success that we really aspired to achieve,” he added. With these measures underway, Blue Origin hopes to have greater agility To, among other things, climb the manufacture of the New Glen, financed largely by Bezos, and turn it into an operational launch system.
Today, access to space to “low cost” is a land dominated by Spacex. The company founded by Elon Musk has no rival and takes most of the military and commercial contracts. Blue Origin wants her piece of the cake and, although she still has her way to go, she seems completely deciding to get it.
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