Possibly the biggest event in the news has to be Trump (with Elon Musk) making good on Trump's pre-election promise to cut back on the federal workforce.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
Days after Trump officially took office, a letter was circulated offering federal employees a buyout, https://www.opm.gov/fork/original-email-to-employees/ essentially allowing them to keep their job benefits through September if they took the buyout now. Weeks afterwards, the Administration went on a mission terminating thousands of employees from various federal agencies.
What got me was, after doing some research, the terminations may affect people who actually voted for Trump.
https://youtu.be/TA-lI8rTZlw?si=wkttQQt6EvxdEiF2
I read a few articles where Trump voters were shocked that they lost their jobs.
As bad as the act is, I still couldn't help but snicker. A part of Trump's campaign was vowing to cut federal jobs. And these people apparently were ok with that, until the lost jobs were theirs. Nonetheless, I hope they get their jobs back, either through the appeals process, or through their congress person. Unfortunately, according to news reports, most of the people who lost their jobs were on probation. I learned years ago that generally, Management doesn't need a reason to terminate you when you are on probation. Good luck in proving there was a prohibited act like a potential EEO complaint.
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