The first group of employees to be laid off because of a restructured business area at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems in El Segundo saw their last day Wednesday, the company said, the Daily Breeze reports.
As many as 60 employees will be impacted by the defense giant’s outsourcing of some operations to a Chatsworth company called Natel Engineering Co., Raytheon said Thursday.
Raytheon did not give the number of employees affected by the first wave of layoffs.
“We adjust how we do business over time,” Raytheon spokeswoman Sabrina Steele said. “Sometimes we make decisions based on our suppliers’ ability to assume discreet tasks. Other times, we shift the work our employees do to meet our customer requirements.”
The affected workers are a small fraction of the 8,000 Raytheon employs in El Segundo.
