Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on the heels of severe storms

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Workers at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration this week experienced a kind of whiplash as the federal government tried to reinstate probationary employees who had been fired.

More than 600 NOAA workers were laid off more than two weeks ago, including some in public safety roles, such as scientists who issue tsunami alerts, hurricane-hunting flight directors and meteorologists in local forecast offices.

But Thursday, a U.S. district judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order, blocking (at least temporarily) the terminations of tens of thousands of workers across agencies and ordering them to be reinstated. The Trump administration said in court Monday that it had moved to reinstate about 24,000 workers affected by the widespread cuts to the federal government’s probationary workforce. (Probationary workers are typically in their first or second years of federal service, but the status also applies to some employees who were recently promoted or hired full-time after working as contractors.)

In a court filing, the Commerce Department confirmed that it had reinstated 791 workers, in total, across its agencies, including NOAA.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-workers-reinstated-noaa-creating-134032905.html

[Biophilic]

1. What an F'ing mess. They couldn't be worse at governing if they tried.

[malaise]

2. Hence

The Koup Klutz Klan Kakistocracy.
They are effin out of control

[tanyev]

3. "Yes, I remember 2025. It was a debacle, wrapped in a fiasco, inside a clusterfuck."

[Zackzzzz]

4. Do they get paid for fired time?

How does the money part work out.
Are these weeks being treated as a shut down?

[Scrivener7]

5. So, basically, they're just firing people and then hiring them all back.

[BadgerKid]

6. "Hooray, we're doing something!!" Say Trump et al

[Scrivener7]

7. And apparently we spent more money in February 2025 than February 2024.

[FakeNoose]

8. DOGE just found out how much it costs to train an all-new staff

Are they complete idiots, led by a Nazi? Yes indeed they are.

[Scrivener7]

11. Also, the doge incels love terrifying people and holding the power of their livelihoods over their heads.

[BidenRocks]

9. You now want me back?!

Pucker up and kiss it!

[Morbius]

10. Today (maybe it was yesterday) I heard a theory

To the effect that these technocrats are planning to replace these government departments with AI.

I think AI might get sophisticated enough to handle this kind of work someday, but it isn't ready now.

What could go wrong?
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