The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

Veterans Affairs abandons plan to fire 76,000 workers after massive backlash. Department scales back DOGE-led layoffs as ...

WASHINGTON − The Department of Veterans Affairs has massively scaled back a DOGE-backed plan to sack more than 76,000 ...

The high court said it had based its decision on the legality of Trump’s executive order, and didn’t rule on whether any ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve ...

Retail. Dissatisfaction among government employees was matched only by retail workers. Similarly, only 38.1% of retail employees reported feeling positive about the future—though, to be fair ...

Layoffs have become a common business practice, but research shows long-term performance actually declines after layoffs.

The problem for government employees isn’t just low morale. It’s the manufactured chaos. By Elaine Godfrey. April 16, 2025. Share. Save. Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET on April 16, 2025.

Dissatisfaction among government employees was matched only by retail workers. Similarly, only 38.1% of retail employees reported feeling positive about the future—though, to be fair, that’s ...

President Trump ordered federal employees back to the office full-time. The end of remote work in the government has been chaotic, workers say.

Firings and morale In the first round of layoffs announced on March 1st, DOGE cut 90 employees—including the entire 18F group. But Shedd told staff during an all-hands meeting that DOGE intends ...