Updated February 20 at 9:15 a.m. EST with comment from NASA.
Probationary NASA workers may be sticking around, at least for now, following earlier reports that the space agency was firing more than 1,000 employees.
NASA Reverses Course on Firing 1,000 Probationary Employees
Space agency’s probationary personnel had expected to receive termination notices on Tuesday, but none came.
Key Takeaways:
- Probationary NASA employees, who were expected to face widespread layoffs as part of federal workforce reductions, unexpectedly retained their jobs and did not receive termination notices.
- Key NASA centers, including Johnson, Goddard, and Marshall, confirmed their probationary staff were exempted from the cuts, though it's unclear if this applies to all 10 centers or the exact reasons for the last-minute reprieve.
- While probationary workers were spared, hundreds of other NASA employees are still exiting the agency through a separate deferred resignation offer, and future workforce reductions for probationary staff are not entirely ruled out.
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