Blue Origin announced plans to lay off about 10% of its workforce — or more than 1,000 employees — nearly a month after the company debuted its first orbital rocket.

Employees at Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin are bracing for layoffs. According to a staff email obtained by KIRO 7, the company says it will be letting go about 10% of the workforce – which is about 1,

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce as it seeks to revamp its operations to better compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.