I’m sure, I thought the USFS uses a seasonal, career conditional, subject to furlough or term in thousands of positions, if anything probably every HotShot, crew/engine member… it’s huge. But… I’ve met Captains on the Sierra that are perm, there crews are not. I’ve also met Captains that are perm/subject to furlough, that I think are laid off right now.
The feds created many type of career service appointments for various reasons and budgetary being a large factor. You’re notified of your appointment type when you apply and hired. I was a WG8 Permanent subject to Furlough when I was given my first position, I knew that I had to take at least a required 2 week non pay status leave every year. It was typically always 2 weeks broken in between 2 pay periods to at least somewhat alleviate the pain of not getting a paycheck. But during one budget year my furlough was 4 months. Unfortunately, it is the nature of the job and you are alerted it could happen when you get hired as I said. It seems DOGE took advantage of “less than Permanent “ positions for its audit
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