Chaos, confusion spread as federal workers face mass layoffs

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Anger, chaos, confusion as US federal agencies begin mass layoffs

The layoffs targeted employees with under a year of service as Trump ordered agencies to plan “large-scale reductions” after 75,000 workers accepted buyouts.

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Chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs

NEW YORK — Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections.

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Workers across the U.S. responded with anger and confusion on Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration's energetic initiative to reduce the size of the federal labor force, in which it ordered agencies to fire probationary employees who still do not qualify to receive the protections provided by the civilian service.

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Chaos, confusion spread as federal workers face mass layoffs

The White House and OPM declined to say Friday how many probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, have so far been dismissed. According to government data maintained by OPM, 220,000 workers had less than a year on the job as of March 2024.

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From California to Florida Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs - News Talk Florida

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration ‘s aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections. While much of the administration’s attention was focused on disrupting bureaucracy in Washington, the broad-based effort to slash the governme…

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Federal Employee Layoffs - WCCB Charlotte's CW

Thousands of workers across the federal government are without jobs. The Trump Administration’s sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce is taking aim at probationary employees. The dismissal of federal workers has been in the works since President Trump’s first day in office. But it began in earnest this week.  Thousands of probationary employees were met with proverbial pink slips, fired at federal agencies, including the D…