[OC] Number of full-time, permanent, on-duty NASA employees by fiscal year and occupation (FY1993-FY2023)chouseva t1_iypuk8g wrote
The shift away from FTEs to contractors is a total drag. I remember, as a federal contractor, writing a plan for the department head that essentially said, "you need 3 FTE to do this and are contracting for 6." I then quit because I couldn't stand the BS that being a contractor entails.
iswearitsreallyme OP t1_iyr75sp wrote
Ooh I wish I could see contractor stats too, I'd have to imagine those numbers have been increasing over the years. I was a federal contractor at the same agency for about seven years and there were other contractors who had been there for 20+.... really makes you wonder why those aren't permanent government positions.
chouseva t1_iysd1ql wrote
I think that there are caps on the number of federal FTEs, but I may be imagining things. Brookings has a report from 2020 that shows the number of contractors, available at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/10/07/the-true-size-of-government-is-nearing-a-record-high/
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