[derstander]

> Laying off what is presumably the bottom 10% of the NASA workforce is probably a healthy decision in an environment where Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams still have not returned home.

Per the article, the 10% includes both people that have taken the deferred resignation offer and probationary employees. The former are probably generally older staff that are already considering retirement. The latter are, according to what I could find on the definition of federal probationary employees, either new hires or existing employees that were promoted or otherwise moved into a new position.

I don't see how you square that with "the bottom 10% of the NASA workforce". On the back end you're losing institutional knowledge. On front end you're losing your future contributors (see the old adage about "eating your seed corn").

[m4rtink]

Like this is what I don't get - how is it in any way fine to fire probationary employees ? Like isn't like totally wrong, rude and overall totally treating those people like garbage without any fault at their side ? What justifies such a totally insane behavior ?

How do you expect anyone willing to work four you in the future if you treat people like this...