Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space company is planning to cut 10% of its workforce, according to sources familiar with the cuts.
The company announced the restructuring during a general meeting with all employees, conducted by CEO Dave Limp, on the morning of Thursday (13), the sources said, which spoke on condition of anonymity due to the confidential nature of the subject.
The company seeks to reduce costs, decrease the number of managers and focus resources on the increase in rocket launch after years of research and development work, confirming the cuts and a strategy that was first reported on Wednesday (12) by Bloomberg.
In a memorandum sent to employees, Limp stated that the company’s growth has led to “more bureaucracy and less focus” than necessary after a wave of hiring in recent years.
“Unfortunately, this has resulted in the elimination of some engineering, R&D positions and program/project management, as well as tuning our management layers,” Limp wrote in the email.
This surprise round of layoffs occurs about a month after Blue Origin presented its main rocket, the New Glenn, after years of delays and setbacks in development.
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Limp, a former Amazon leader, was hired in 2023 to help get the company out of a prolonged R&D stagnation period. Among its urgent goals is increasing New Glenn flights and cleaning about $ 10 billion in launch contracts.
Limp added that the company is looking for the future, including the landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon in 2025 and the increase in the frequency of New Glenn and New Shepard releases.
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