Blue Origin Layoffs
Industry Aerospace · Location Seattle · United States · Subscribe (RSS)
Blue Origin has 3 publicly reported layoff rounds on record between September 6, 2023 and February 13, 2025. A total of about 1,040 employees were affected across these rounds.
Layoff history
Blue Origin laid off more than 1,000 employees on February 13, 2025, cutting roughly 10% of its workforce as CEO Dave Limp moved to reduce the organizational bloat that followed years of rapid hiring. In an all-staff email sent that morning, Limp wrote that the company had "grew and hired incredibly fast" and that the growth had produced "more bureaucracy and less focus than we needed." The cuts targeted engineering, R&D, project management, and management layers. Affected employees received severance pay, COBRA health coverage, and career support services. The announcement came less than a month after the inaugural flight of the New Glenn rocket in January 2025, and with approximately $10 billion in launch contracts in the pipeline. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has faced sustained pressure to close the gap with SpaceX after years of development delays.
Reason: Rapid over-hiring created bureaucracy; refocus on launch cadence and manufacturing
Source: cnn.com
Blue Origin disclosed a workforce reduction affecting its Seattle operations in October 9, 2023. Approximately 40 roles were eliminated.
Source: theinformation.com
Blue Origin disclosed a workforce reduction affecting its Seattle operations in September 6, 2023.
Source: geekwire.com
Data for Blue Origin is compiled from public WARN Act filings and reporting linked above. See our methodology.