US Defense Contractor Will Lose ‘Several Thousand People’ Over COVID Vaccine Mandate: CEO

US Defense Contractor Will Lose ‘Several Thousand People’ Over COVID Vaccine Mandate: CEO
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The CEO of Defense Department contractor Raytheon said that the White House COVID-19 mandate will cause the firm to lose “several thousand” employees who will not take the vaccine.

“We will lose several thousand people,” Raytheon Chief Executive Greg Hayes said during an interview Tuesday. He said that the company, which has about 125,000 workers in the United States, is carrying out staff hiring to deal with the potential problem.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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