Confusing NASA Furlough Letters
TV/Texting multi-tasking during the furlough — Grok. and NASAWatch.com
Keith’s note: Some NASA employees are getting furlough letters that say: “Your Furlough Status: “You are needed to fulfill excepted activities on an as-needed basis or on-call basis. Therefore, you are being placed in a furlough status effective October 1, 2026, after orderly shutdown activities are completed.” So they are furloughed – but not furloughed – until next year? Do they get paid – if so when? Meanwhile its a good time to binge watch something on Netflix while you wait for a text message alert to do some work on your phone.
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Do some work on your phone? If only. Telework is strictly banned and will remain so during the shutdown. In the event of an on-call need employees are directed to drive to work before responding, then they are to immediately drive home without performing any other unauthorized work. It’s nuts.
It is truly insane. You’re excepted bc we can’t lose momentum, but on-call. But DO NOT WAIT on a call. Come into work, every day, like nothing is different. ONLY work excepted tasks, though and check into zero interest loans at the credit union to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.
Are we great again, yet?
Only a matter of time before space program is entirely privatized. Not a bad thing actually . NASA completed its goal over last 6 decades , now it is time for a new era.
I’m sorry but I seem to have missed the fact that “NASA completed its goal over last 6 decades”. I have only been covering NASA non-stop, daily, for three decades – so I might have missed a few things – but not that.