Scientists Endangered by Budget Cuts, SAIC’s Jumper Says

Scientists and engineers working as contractors for the U.S. government and military may be the most vulnerable to across-the-board sequestration cuts, John Jumper, chief executive officer of SAIC Inc., said.

“When you start to feel these pressures and it causes you to have to reduce your workforce, a lot of the people you’re laying off are scientists and engineers,” Jumper said in an interview in Washington. “These are people who have grown up as engineers and scientist in the defense or government service that are now the most vulnerable to being laid off.”