> PL staff has been advised that the workforce reduction will affect approximately 530 of our colleagues, an impact of about 8%, plus approximately 40 additional members of our contractor workforce. The impacts will occur across both technical and support areas of the Lab.
That is the worst way I’ve ever heard of being fired.
Sit at home and wait for an invite for a virtual meeting. After the meeting you will receive a email specifying if you have been fired. What the hell! Oh and forward that email because you are about to lose access.
Given the size of the layoffs I'd imagine it's preferable to be at home and receive the news virtually if you're being laid off. It might be unpleasant being part of the group making their way to the exits en masse.
You are right, though there probably exists an even worse way: the same layoffs, but it happens while you are on paid leave, so you don't get the memo, but the announcement, meeting and effect occur in 2-3 days and you find out the day after that:
- there are layoffs
- you are to be impacted
- you are no longer part of the company
- you don't have access to your work email address and work site
All at once after a nice deserved vacation, when you are returning to work with fresh ideas on how to improve the operational safety of the Mars Sample Return mission ready to share to your now ex-colleagues.
It is possible that this reflects the wishes of the voters and their desire to moderate federal spending, especially expensive outlays such as Mars Sample Return. Perhaps NASA can collaborate with the China National Space Agency instead.
[+] [-] sitkack|2 years ago|reply
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This is horrible!
[+] [-] Axien|2 years ago|reply
Sit at home and wait for an invite for a virtual meeting. After the meeting you will receive a email specifying if you have been fired. What the hell! Oh and forward that email because you are about to lose access.
[+] [-] txg|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] rpigab|2 years ago|reply
- there are layoffs
- you are to be impacted
- you are no longer part of the company
- you don't have access to your work email address and work site
All at once after a nice deserved vacation, when you are returning to work with fresh ideas on how to improve the operational safety of the Mars Sample Return mission ready to share to your now ex-colleagues.
[+] [-] unknown|2 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] cozzyd|2 years ago|reply
As far as I can tell, NSF grants are also stuck in "wait for appropriations" limbo as well.
[+] [-] basementcat|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ChrisArchitect|2 years ago|reply
A Reddit thread on the layoffs
https://reddit.com/r/JPL/comments/1ale1s3/chaos_at_jpl/