That is the worst way I’ve ever heard of being fired.
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....
As far as I can tell, NSF grants are also stuck in "wait for appropriations" limbo as well.
> 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.
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This is horrible!