Public employees and the private job market: Where will fired federal workers in Maryland find jobs?

Federal firing leaves gaping holes

By April RyanWashington D.C. Bureau Chief BlackPressUSA(NNPA Newswire) – The federal government has many loose ends to tie after firing massive numbers of government employees and contractors, particularly in one department that once dealt with diversity. Under the direction of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, federal agencies are being purged of workers. Credit: Unsplash / kate.sadeTo protect fired employees from retaliati…

Public employees and the private job market: Where will fired federal workers in Maryland find jobs?

Across the D.C. area, fired federal workers are looking at what their futures hold. One question that’s come up: Can they find similar salaries and benefits in the private sector? During Thursday’s presentation by Maryland’s Board of Revenue Estimates, Robert Rehrman, director of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, noted the comparatively high salaries that many of the state’s 161,000 federal workers earn. “In recent years, the federal government h…

Massachusetts launches website for fired federal workers; elected official suggests Tesla ban

The Healey administration has launched a website urging federal workers fired by President Trump and Elon Musk to consider jobs in the Bay State, while an elected official in Western Massachusetts suggests his city should enact a ban on Teslas. Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll recommend that fired federal workers turn to mass.gov/fedup to explore careers in state and local government. The website also features a platform that promotes…

Fired NIH workers lost their ‘dream job.’ Due to a Kafkaesque appeals process and slim private-sector offerings, their futures may be in jeopardy, too - WeirdReads

“We are risking an entire generation of medical professionals, researchers, and scientists … and it’s a future disaster waiting to happen,” former NIH director Nate Brought said. Read Moresource The post Fired NIH workers lost their ‘dream job.’ Due to a Kafkaesque appeals process and slim private-sector offerings, their futures may be in jeopardy, too appeared first on WeirdReads.