What Do Layoffs at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Signal for Space Exploration?
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a leading center for robotic space exploration run by NASA and Caltech, announced layoffs of around 325 employees, about 5 percent of its workforce. This comes after JPL previously cut 8 percent of its staff this past February because of budget constraints.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to eject hundreds more workers
The announcement was made in a memo from JPL director Laurie Leshin. Over 500 workers lost their jobs in February, and the next group of staff to lose their roles will learn their fate today, November 13. After the latest cuts, JPL staffing levels will be ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to issue layoff notices to 5% of its workforce
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for various robotic missions exploring the solar system, will lay off roughly 5% of its workforce.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off another 5 percent of workforce
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reducing its workforce by 5 percent, or 325 employees, amid budget cuts and issues with its Mars Sample Return program.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 325 more workers
NASA's original plan was to bring home the samples collected by the mission in 2040. But its budget ballooned from $7 billion to $11 billion, and as The Washington Post notes, the government found the return date "unacceptable.
NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.
NASA Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees Again
NASA is undergoing another round of layoffs. And once again, it's the space agency's famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California that's taking the hit. On Tuesday, JPL announced that it will be laying off 325 employees,
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JPL to lay off 325 employees, about 5% of its workforce, amid budget cuts
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is expected to lay off about 325 workers, affecting roughly 5% of its workforce, as it copes ...
JPL announces more cuts, expected to lay off more than 300 employees
The NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge announced on Tuesday that it will lay off about 5% of its ...
NASA’s JPL to cut 325 positions amid budget tightening
The layoffs come several months after nearly 600 were let go in an action officials said was due to budget constraints.
For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the ...
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JPL announces new round of layoffs
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 5% of its staff this week because of budget cuts, the second such major layoff at the center in less than a year.