[mpg33]

Had no idea they had 6000 employees..

[mcs5280]

I think their headcount surprises a lot of people. SpaceX has gotten very big over the past few years trying to carve out market share and evolve F9. The old incumbent competition (ULA) has around 3500 employees. Part of the difference in headcount is likely because SpaceX does a lot more in-house manufacturing, but still it seems like a large differential.

[arthurcolle]

The article cites "at least 7,000" actually.

[jiveturkey]

It currently says:

> SpaceX, citing a need to get “leaner,” said Friday it will lay off more than 10% of its roughly 6,000 employees.

And no further mention of number of employees. Perhaps a previous edit had a typo.

[sabertoothed]

You sure?

[arthurcolle]

Literally from the article:

> The company employed at least 7,000 people in late 2017 when COO Gwynne Shotwell last gave a number — which means around 700 will lose their jobs.

[sdinsn]

I don't know what article you are reading, but that line isn't in it. This one is though:

> SpaceX, citing a need to get “leaner,” said Friday it will lay off more than 10% of its roughly 6,000 employees.

[arthurcolle]

My mistake.

I somehow had another article on the same topic open, from TechCrunch.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/11/spacex-will-lay-off-hundre...