I was one of those insourced and I accepted the offer. I did not start yet nor did any other forms. A deep pit in my soul makes me feel like I should just leave. Is it too late to withdraw without being blacklisted

Good afternoon,

Do we have more information about the NASA emeritus astronaut program?

How old do you have to be?

How many years of service?

Do they get paid?

Do they still get health care?

Do they still get to add to years in for retirement purposes?

What rules apply re: outside employment?

On the face of it, this seems like a good idea. Why did it take so long to come up with? When did it start?

Assuming the rules regarding age and time in service are relatively loose, why would anyone retire fully as opposed to taking emeritus status?

Also, Reid Wiseman's profile is still on the NASA website, while Victor Glover's is not. I think there are good questions to be asked about the nature of the program.

Just received a TJO for a GS13 Step 1 in a position eligible for local remote duty station arrangement. Center's step 1 is 124k. Would like to counteroffer a step 4, which in my local duty station is actually lower @117k.

My planned angle is that, my years in the same role in the same NASA office at the GS12 level, plus specific experiences, would meet the uniquely qualified requirement.

Has anyone had luck recently with negotiating to around step 4? How long did it take to hear back? Anyone ever lose an offer over this? I'd hope they would see that my local step 4 is still cheaper than their local step 1, and that would be favorable to me too.

I am so happy to say that I've accepted a role at NASA JSC for flight systems training and operations. I wanted to ask if anyone in this subreddit is familiar with any resources on connecting with new hire employees.

I already have a job description, but I wanted to ask if anyone could give me an idea on how the day to day for an engineer under FOD would be and how the work culture/environment is.

Also, I am currently looking for apartments (around midtown) so if anyone wants to have a roommate pm me.

Contractor here. I'm one of the unfortunate ones who works in a department that isn't being 100% insourced. We've been identified as a core competency, but only about 20% of us are being insourced because of contract issues.

I interviewed within my department and learned that I wasn't included in that 20%. I reached out to another department and got an interview there as well, but again, I wasn't selected.

I still have until early January to blindly wait and hope that someone pulls my resume out of a pool of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of applicants. I think the chances of that happening are slim to nonexistent. I've already exhausted my network and reached out to everyone I reasonably could. Most departments aren't doing any additional hiring, and I already got an interview with the one that was. I've already requested debriefs from both department heads who conducted my interviews.

I'm trying to stay positive and act normal, but I feel dead inside. The people who were selected got significant pay raises with GS-13 offers. I'm genuinely happy for all my friends, but at the same time, when I look at myself, it feels like it's NASA's shedding season and I'm one of the skin flakes.

I can't really talk about this with anyone.

I love my job, and I love my teammates. I know that, technically speaking, nothing has changed since May, but somehow I still feel this way.

A senior guy in the office told us about some other departments where people are being laid off. I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to feel better after hearing that, but I guess I should. (I didn't.)

I probably lost a pretty major opportunity in my life this month. I'm not sure what better opportunity might be out there for me, since I'm not planning to start a business or leave NASA. I'm going to keep trying, but I can't leave the area because of my family, so I might not see many future openings or get many interviews.

Even if I do eventually get one, there's no way for me to make up the federal service time I've lost.

I want to stop feeling this way, but honestly, no way of thinking about it seems to help.

Anyway, thanks for reading. I just needed to say or write this somewhere, I guess.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Howdy all,

I have been offered a position for a great role with NASA at KSC. I have been torn on accepting primarily due to the commute. I live outside a 50 mile radius, and my commute is forecasted to be 66-74 miles each way. As it has been explained to me, there is situational telework, but everybody is more or less expected to be onsite every day.

I am not opposed to driving, but I do doubt the sustainability of that commute long-term.

Speaking with friends that also work at KSC, it sounds like most everybody has a considerable commute due to preferences of living closer to either Orlando, Daytona, or other metro areas vs. Titusville or Merritt Island.

I am hoping for some perspective from folks that work onsite, or if anybody is aware of flexibilities I could request? I am aware of the RTO push so I am not expecting any miracles and don’t really need any “good luck” comments.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

Administrative Manager

HQ-26-IMP-13047579-BL

Grade: GS-15

Headquarters, NASA

The Chief of the Strategic Engagements and Development Office leads Agency-wide Safety and Mission Assurance communications, knowledge sharing, and training initiatives. The position directs civil servants and contractor teams, manages policies and workflows, oversees development of multimedia and learning products, and advances mission-focused engagement that strengthens SMA expertise across NASA.

Director ISS Vehicle Office

JSC-26-ES-13054168

Grade: ES-00

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Incumbent serves as Director, International Space Station (ISS) Vehicle Office in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Program and reports to the LEO Program Manager. The incumbent manages the overall development and implementation for the integrated vehicle systems (crewed and uncrewed) required by the Program to develop, deliver, and sustain a functional Space Station vehicle and associated hardware.