Jeff Bezos’ rocket company is slashing 10% of its workforce a month after debut orbital launch

Cape Canaferral, Florida (AP) – Jeff Bezos missiles Blue origin 10 % reduce the workforce.

This week’s step comes a month after its appearance Glenn missile of the new blue originThat reached the orbit in the first attempt. CEO Dave Limpe has reported news of workers’ layoffs to employees on Thursday, when the notifications came out on Friday.

In an email to the employees obtained by the Associated Press, Lim said it was a “difficult decision”, but the company has grown very quickly over the past few years. He said in the observation: “With this growth, a bureaucracy came and less focused than what we need.

Limp said the discounts are needed to accelerate the manufacturing as well as the launch rate. Its headquarters in Kent, Washington, launches Blue Orige New Glenn Rockets from Florida and the new Shepard missiles smaller from Texas.

Like Elon Musk’s Spacex – its main rival – the blue origin holds contracts from NASA to astronauts on the moon in the coming years.

It was not immediately clear that the number of employees who will be affected by the demobilization of workers. The permissible blue origin does not reveal employment numbers.

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