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BumRushDaShow

(158,625 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:46 AM Aug 7

Weather Service expected to expand hiring efforts amid vacancies

Source: The Hill

08/06/25 5:09 PM ET


The National Weather Service (NWS) is expected to expand its hiring efforts after facing both vacancies and public scrutiny as a result of Trump administration staffing cuts.

Tom Fahy, legislative director at the National Weather Service Employees Organization, told The Hill on Wednesday that he expects the service to hire for additional positions beyond the 126 that were previously reported.

Fahy said it could mean “potentially hundreds” of new jobs.

CNN first reported this week that the NWS planned to hire back hundreds of jobs. According to the news outlet, the NWS will be able to hire a total of 450 positions including meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians. A NWS spokesperson declined to comment.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5439644-nws-weather-service-hiring-trump-doge-job-cuts/



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Weather Service expected to expand hiring efforts amid vacancies (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 7 OP
A prerequisite? You must be a climate change denier, who thinks Trump knows more about weather than anyone. Chasstev365 Aug 7 #1
I'll believe it when it happens nitpicked Aug 7 #2
"NEW" jobs ?!?!?!?!? groundloop Aug 7 #3

Chasstev365

(6,027 posts)
1. A prerequisite? You must be a climate change denier, who thinks Trump knows more about weather than anyone.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:33 AM
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