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DOGE layoffs: Are you impacted?
Under President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, the federal workforce has undergone widespread layoffs. Are you impacted?
Under President Donald Trump, the federal workforce has undergone a radical transformation, marked by widespread layoffs that have affected thousands of workers.
This aggressive reshaping of the government workforce, led by the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has already left a significant mark on the labor market.
While the United States added 151,000 jobs in February, the federal government slashed its workforce by 10,000, according to new employment data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It’s unclear what the total number of federal firings amounts to since the cuts began in early February with Trump’s deferred resignation program. But what is clear is the breadth of the cuts, spanning across several government agencies: Veterans Affairs plans to cut 80,000 employees under the DOGE initiative to streamline the federal workforce; The Defense Department said Feb. 21 it was cutting 5,400 probationary workers; and the Department of Homeland Security laid off over 400 probationary workers. The list goes on.
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Agencies were given a March 13 deadline to submit their plans to slash their workforces, according to a Feb. 26 memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
As these cuts unfold, the long-term impact on the federal government’s ability to function and serve the American people remains uncertain. While the Trump administration’s moves to shrink the federal workforce are presented as a necessary effort to improve efficiency and reduce government spending, the full scope of their impact is likely to have ripple effects across both the federal government and the broader labor market for the foreseeable future.
If you’re a federal employee who was, or was notified that you will, be laid off due to the DOGE cuts, we want to hear from you. If you’re concerned about how the layoffs will affect you, we also want to hear from you.
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