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As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired.

A posting from the weather service’s parent agency seeking meteorologists asks applicants to identify one or two of Trump’s executive orders “that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.”

It’s among screening questions added to government job applications as part of a “ merit hiring plan” that Trump announced at the outset of his second term, and it’s not unique to the weather service positions. But some experts said they are alarmed at the prospect that a candidate’s ideology could matter for jobs in science.

“The fundamental question is, will this make forecasts any better? That’s the job of the weather service,” said Rick Spinrad, who led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the weather service, under former President Joe Biden.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

merit hiring plan

Always lovely how dictators always call things the exact opposite of what it is

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This really, really makes the US look like a dictatorship when you have to appeal to the glorious leader to get hired by a weather service of all things.

Bananas Republic comes to mind

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“I’m sorry but the Hatch Act mandates that I not reply to that question.”

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the history lesson and brief rabbit hole!

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Someone should just put a giant swastika in their resume and see if they get hired.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago

I thought it was disbanded and got replaced by a sharpie anyways…

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Welcome to conservative-style Lysenkoism.

This the apotheosis of conservative thought when it comes to expertise, education and science.