Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
Some people were pretty incredulous when we published this before the election www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Something that deserves recognition:
At federal labs such as NOAA’s NSSL, ESRL, or EMC, most employees are first hired on as contractors through a company or cooperative institute. After several years, many get “promoted” by being hired as Feds. These are the “probationary employees” getting fired
I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.
I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.
New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...
We haven’t chatted in awhile Zack but I’ve seen you progress immensely in the skillset you have & you’re an inspiration to us younger guys still trying to enter the field. Don’t give up my friend.
We are all in grave danger… If anybody was still wondering.
Good to be here. Just getting the gears turning again & currently monitoring the situation down here in Southern California tonight into tomorrow…