> 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.<p>:(<p>This is horrible!
That is the worst way I’ve ever heard of being fired.<p>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.
I guess JPL has calculated they the chances of Congress getting their act together are slim....<p>As far as I can tell, NSF grants are also stuck in "wait for appropriations" limbo as well.
Related:<p>A Reddit thread on the layoffs<p><a href="https://reddit.com/r/JPL/comments/1ale1s3/chaos_at_jpl/" rel="nofollow">https://reddit.com/r/JPL/comments/1ale1s3/chaos_at_jpl/</a>