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Trump administration lays off most probationary staff and warns big cuts to come (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 days ago by MicroWave to c/news

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The Trump administration ordered federal agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees, affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of workers.

This follows Trump’s executive order mandating large-scale workforce reductions. Elon Musk advocates for eliminating entire agencies.

Layoffs have already hit agencies like the VA and Education Department, sparking criticism.

Further deep cuts are planned, with hiring restricted to one for every four departures.

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[–] givesomefucks 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

but they state that OPM is directing all agencies

Maybe I just have whiplash...

We went from pretending the president has zero control over federal agencies, to a president can order them to do anything in a matter of weeks.

Neither are correct. But you'd never know if you just listened to billionaire owned media.

You might not even notice when something is good for workers, it's impossible. When it's good for owners there's always a way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah it’s really been making my mind melt. The constant malicious lies that musk keeps tweeting for instance are treated as credible, when he clearly hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about, etc.

I still can’t figure out if there’s like an actual protocol for engaging things like RIF / downsizing where you have to show rationale and evidence… it blows my mind that any president could just decide to unilaterally shelve agencies, etc.

But I guess it’s kinda a moot point if there isn’t any enforcement of laws or if congress doesn’t have any interest in maintaining their power portfolio.