After firings, early retirements and buyouts left vacancies across National Weather Service offices, the agency confirmed this week it will seek to hire 126 new employees.
In a statement, NWS spokesperson Erica Cei confirmed NOAA leadership “will hire a targeted number of permanent, mission-critical field positions” that “will soon be advertised under an exception to the department-wide hiring freeze to stabilize frontline operations.”
She added that NOAA “is taking steps to address those who took a voluntary early retirement option” from their positions, but it remains unclear whether several hundred fired probationary employees will be eligible to apply for the positions.
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The job openings were first reported by CNN.
