Southwest Airlines is cutting 15% of its workforce in its first-ever mass layoff. Read the CEO's full memo to employees.
Southwest Airlines on Monday announced its first mass layoff, saying it would cut about 1,750 employees in a bid to boost profitability.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announces mass layoffs, cutting 15% of corporate workforce
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines has announced an "unprecedented" mass layoff, cutting over 1,700 jobs. Monday, Southwest announced it is cutting 15% of its corporate and leadership workforce. "This decision is unprecedented in our 53-year history," Southwest President and CEO Bob Jordan said in a statement.
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Southwest Airlines cuts almost a fifth of its workforce in company's first mass layoffs
Southwest Airlines plans to cut 1,750 jobs or 15 percent of its corporate workforce, in the US carrier's first company-wide layoffs in its 54-year history. The Dallas-based airline said Monday that the job cuts would be focused almost entirely on “corporate overhead and leadership positions,
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Southwest airlines will cut 15 percent of its corporate workforce this spring. Here's what we know about Southwest jobs and flights in Phoenix.
Southwest Airlines to Slash Corporate Workforce in First Mass Layoff
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Southwest Airlines to Lay Off 1,750 Employees
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced this week that it will lay off 1,750 employees, marking the first workforce reduction in its 53-year history. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
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Who's getting laid off at Southwest Airlines? Here are the jobs we know
Southwest Airlines announced plans to lay off 1,750 employees earlier this week. Here's what we know about the jobs affected.
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