Get the latest tech news

NASA may lose close to 4,000 employees after latest deferred resignation round


About 3,000 NASA employees applied to leave as part of the deferred resignation program, which closed its second round on July 25.

The second round of deferred resignations for NASA staff closed on Friday, and the agency says roughly 3,000 employees applied to leave, according to Bloomberg. The latest batch of applications brings the total to nearly 4,000 employees, or roughly 20 percent of NASA's workforce, according to a statement provided to Bloomberg. NASA is grappling with proposed budget cuts that could crush the agency's science programs and result in the loss of thousands of jobs.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Endgadget

Read more on:

Photo of NASA

NASA

Photo of employees

employees

Related news:

News photo

Jeff Bezos doesn't believe in PowerPoint, and his employees agree

News photo

4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

News photo

NASA says 20% of workforce to depart space agency