NASA Wins Flexibility on Probationary Employees

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NASA postpones the dismissal of a thousand probationary employees Although there is no official explanation for the last-minute decision, it is speculated that Jared Isaacman, nominated to lead NASA, influenced the decision Drafting A21 Vie, 21/02/2025 - 01:00 Approximately a thousand probationary employees of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were saved at the last minute from being fired by the government of President Do…

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NASA Wins Flexibility on Probationary Employees

NASA said today that probationary employees will not be subject to the mass firings happening elsewhere in the government. Instead, any decisions to dismiss them will be performance-based or voluntary. Probationary employees were a small subset of the 5 percent of the NASA workforce who chose the Deferred Resignation buyout. All who did are individually deciding when to depart, with September 30 as the deadline. In a statement this afternoon, NA…