United Air to cut at least 30% of managers, administrative staff

Most United management employees who will lose their jobs will be notified starting in July.

TEXAS: United Airlines Holdings Inc will cut at least 30% of its managerial and administrative jobs in October, or about 3,500 positions, as the company braces for a prolonged travel slump in the age of Covid-19.

In addition, management and administrative employees must take 20 days off without pay between May 16 and Sept 30 to help pare costs, Kate Gebo, executive vice president of human resources, said in an internal memo on May 4. Employees in “non-operational” roles will begin working a four-day week, and cash severance payments will end for managers who are laid off.