Originally Posted by
FangsF15
FWIW, from the time we stopped classes in May 2025 to the end of 2026, there will be about 800 retirements. I submit 800 would be consistent with what was published today. Anything less than that would actually be shrinkage.
we had about the same number of retirements in all of 2025 (500ish) and we just did all the hiring for this year before summer. it just depends on where we are measuring from. Are we staring with January 2025, and including the 500 we hired this year, or May 2025.
Originally Posted by
FangsF15
As someone reminded me recently, though the last 'hire date" was in March, they were 9E flows that were held back, and actually completed indoc in May. So 5-ish months of hiring.
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