All 2,145 employees are among the agency’s most experienced and earn between $ 90,000 and $ 183,000 annually
More than two thousand NASA employees will abandon their jobs due to the pressure exerted by Trump administration to reduce personnel spending, which cites documents seen by the publication.
All 2,145 employees are among the most experienced space agency and earn between the $ 90,000 and the $ 183,000 annually, with the departures to be particularly concentrated among those who earn the highest income.
The policy states that these employees are part of the 2,694 that will abandon the agency after the federal government offers various incentives such as early reform. 1,818 of these workers are directly attributed to missions of the organization.
“NASA is still committed to its mission while working with a more prioritized budget,” said NASA spokesman Bethany Stevens. “We are working closely with the administration (Trump) to ensure that America continues to lead the way in space exploration, advancing on major goals, including the moon and Mars.”
Despite the positive discourse, these cuts can mean agency problems. One of the workers who will leave said to the policy, under anonymity, that staff cut is “very significant” and that there will be a “great deficit of experience” in the organization.
