An Interview With A Terminated Analyst At The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration

An Interview With A Terminated Analyst At The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration

Joy Binion learned that she had lost her job as a social science analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, on April 1. So she posted on Facebook that she had been affected by a reduction in force, or RIF. A month later in a conversation with a friend, Binion mentioned the fact that she had lost her job. He reacted in total shock. "I thought that was an April Fool's joke," Binion's friend said of her Fac…