Mass firings at multiple US #FederalAgencies have begun as #Trump & #ElonMusk accelerate their purge of America's govt bureaucracy, #union sources & employees familiar w/the layoffs told Reuters Thurs.
Termination emails have been sent in the past 48hrs to scores of #GovernmentWorkers at the #Education Dept, the #SmallBusiness Administration (#SBA), the #Consumer #Financial Protection Bureau (#CFPB), & the General Services Admin (#GSA).
#USpol #law #idiocracy #autocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mass-firings-federal-workers-begin-trump-musk-purge-us-government-2025-02-13/
"The Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge & skills do not fit the current needs, & your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment with the Agency," letters sent to at least 45 probationers at the #SBA stated.
Reuters has seen a copy of the termination letter.
Letters to at least 160 recent hires at the #Education Dept, told them that their continued employment "would not be in the public interest."
#Trump repeatedly called for the elimination of the #Education Department during his presidential campaign. On Wednesday he called it a "con job" & said he wants it closed. [says a guy who never went to a #PublicSchool ever]
About 100 probationary employees received termination letters on Wednesday at the #GSA, according to two people familiar with the firings.