Buyouts Offered at GSFC
NASA GSFC Internal Memo: Buyout/Early Out Announcement
“NASA faces many challenges including re-shaping the NASA workforce to successfully meet changing mission requirements. In order to refocus the skill mix of our workforce to become more effectively aligned with current and anticipated funded work requirements, each Directorate has evaluated its workforce requirements and has identified eligible categories of positions that may be experiencing either a workforce surplus or that may be impacted by a possible reduction in work requirements and/or reduced funding in the immediate or near future. The eligible categories of positions are based entirely upon a combination of factors such as position competencies, position titles, geographic location, and/or grade levels. Goddard’s Buyout/Early Out Incentive Plan has been approved.”
After reading in the Orlando Sentinel that not a single NASA employee was being let go during the great slaughter at KSFC, I was disgusted. It’s about time. The contractors are the ones that keep NASA functioning (to the extent it functions) – not internal talent.
—John
That’s largely because so much of NASA staff is non-technical staff
Plus a good deal of them at KSFC got offers to transfer to other NASA facilities. As a result, a good deal of talented contractors were laid-off to make room.
Hopefully this will clear out some deadweight at GSFC. Though the danger is a good chunk could come back as contractors once the work pics up again. I’ve seen it happen before at another govt. agency.