Just before the Thanksgiving long weekend, Cirrus Design told employees it was significantly reducing aircraft production for the rest of the year, and as a result of the “production pause,” there would be furloughs. A local paper in Duluth, Minnesota, home of Cirrus headquarters, reported that 335 employees would get bad news over the holidays, with an additional 165 to be temporarily laid off at Cirrus’s Grand Forks, North Dakota, plant. The good news is that employees are expected to return to work on January 5, and Cirrus will continue to pay for their insurance and other benefits in the meantime. The layoffs are confined to production line workers, and personnel in the sales, customer service, product assurance, engineering and development, and the Vision Jet research program are unaffected.
Cirrus Announces Cutbacks, Furloughs
Key Takeaways:
- Cirrus Design is implementing a significant temporary reduction in aircraft production, resulting in furloughs for approximately 500 production line employees at its Duluth, MN, and Grand Forks, ND, facilities.
- Affected employees are expected to return to work by January 5th, with Cirrus continuing to pay for their insurance and other benefits during the "production pause."
- The layoffs are confined to production workers, while personnel in sales, customer service, engineering, and the Vision Jet research program remain unaffected.
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