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JPL To Cut 5% of Workforce, Its Third Layoff This Year

Thursday November 14, 2024. 04:20 PM , from Slashdot
JPL To Cut 5% of Workforce, Its Third Layoff This Year
An anonymous reader writes: JPL in California announced this week a layoff of 325 workers, about 5% of its workforce, the third major layoff imposed this year.

The JPL press release indicates the layoffs are because of NASA budget cutbacks, but does not provide any specificity. The cause centers mostly around NASA's decision to pause its Mars Sample Return project, which JPL was leading. From this report: This is the third round of layoffs at JPL this year, a reduction spurred primarily by major budgetary cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which is managed by JPL. NASA directed $310 million this year to the effort to bring Mars rocks back to Earth, a steep drop from the $822.3 million it spent on the program the previous year.

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https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/11/14/0712251/jpl-to-cut-5-of-workforce-its-third-layoff-this-...

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