Hacker News with Generative AI: Staffing

Ex-NSA boss warns job cuts will have 'devastating effect' (theregister.com)
Video Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried out, would "have a devastating effect on cybersecurity and our national security," former NSA bigwig Rob Joyce has told House representatives.
US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency (grist.org)
On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense.
Update on Staff Hiring (news.stanford.edu)
We're moving to a four-day week to attract staff (bbc.com)
A business based in Lincoln is among the latest to offer a four-day working week because it hopes to attract the most talented staff in a competitive industry.
US Air Traffic Control Facilities Are Understaffed (nytimes.com)
More than 90 percent of the country’s 313 air traffic control facilities operate below the Federal Aviation Administration’s recommended staffing levels, according to an analysis of staffing data from the union representing controllers obtained by The New York Times.
Ask HN: How do you estimate the cost of a board? (ycombinator.com)
To keep it brief, I'm starting a new position in the cost engineering department. It seems that the electronic components division is fairly understaffed (only 1 guy can work on boards, the rest do cables), and my training supervisor intends to assign me to that division.