[consumer451]

> What's odd is why SpaceX is cutting staff with the new development underway on the larger rockets and the satellite business. I'm curious about how they're going to increase development while cutting staff.

The oddness diminishes when you look at their open jobs listing [1], as it looks that they have >300 open positions.

[1] https://www.spacex.com/careers/list

[ricardobeat]

At <5% of the employee count, those hires might barely cover churn.

[consumer451]

That’s a really good point.

[roedog]

Yep, attrition was over twice that last year at some firms in the area. Partly demographics, lots of folks who can retire do. The rest due to competition for staff.