Hacker News with Generative AI: Workforce Reduction

NASA closes offices, lays off staff, prepares for larger workforce reductions (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — NASA is closing three offices and laying off their staff as a first step in broader workforce reductions at the agency ordered by the Trump administration.

NASA, Space Exploration, Government, Workforce Reduction, Layoffs

19 points by consumer451 47 days ago | 6 comments

The NASA RIF has begun (nasawatch.com)
As directed by President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative,” all federal agencies, including NASA, have been instructed to submit an initial plan for reductions in force and reorganization.

NASA, Government, Workforce Reduction, Politics

18 points by gooseyard 47 days ago | 1 comments

IRS drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90k-person workforce (apnews.com)
The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation.

Government, Budget Cuts, Workforce Reduction

32 points by throw0101a 52 days ago | 4 comments

US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers (theguardian.com)
The US government’s human resources office has walked back an ultimatum issued by Elon Musk that would have forced its workers to resign if they did not submit a bullet-point list of their recent accomplishments, in one of the first signs of internal pushback to the Tesla billionaire’s campaign to downsize the federal workforce.

Government, Elon Musk, Tesla, Workforce Reduction

9 points by anotherhue 60 days ago | 0 comments

By the end of today, NASA's workforce will be about 10 percent smaller (arstechnica.com)
Job losses are always terrible. This will be a dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world. Many of the probationary employees are just starting out their careers and were likely thrilled to land a job at NASA to explore the universe. And then all of that youthful energy and hope was extinguished this week.

NASA, Space Exploration, Job Losses, Workforce Reduction

140 points by belter 67 days ago | 195 comments

Workday erases 8.5% of workforce because of AI (theregister.com)
Workday is erasing 8.5 percent of its personnel under a restructuring scheme because… AI.

Workforce Reduction, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology, Layoffs

10 points by rntn 80 days ago | 5 comments

Boeing issues layoff notices as aerospace giant cuts 17,000 jobs (foxbusiness.com)
Boeing said it is issuing layoff notices to employees who are included in the aerospace giant's broader workforce reduction plan.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Workforce Reduction

4 points by tomohawk 162 days ago | 1 comments

For the second time this year, NASA's JPL center cuts its workforce (arstechnica.com)
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce.