Trump Abruptly Walks Back His Directive To Fire Thousands Of Federal Employees
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His administration is suddenly changing tactics after a federal judge ruled that its mass firings of probationary workers were probably illegal.

Summary

Trump reversed his directive to fire thousands of probationary (newly-hired) federal employees after a judge ruled the mass terminations were likely illegal.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) clarified that agencies are not required to comply with previous instructions to fire employees who have held their jobs for a year or less. Instead, agencies have until September 13 to develop their own staffing reduction plans.

Some agencies, like the National Science Foundation (NSF), are now rehiring previously fired employees.

Federal labor unions have sued, arguing the firings violated procedural rules and congressional authority. The administration’s sudden reversal still leaves uncertainty about affected workers’ status.

  • whyrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    148·
    12 days ago

    Imagine the loss in productivity from having so many people fired & quickly re-hired. Not just from those people; but the HR & administrative effort; the re-org of responsibilities among the other employees; and the nonsense time it probably took up in so many “mandatory departmental meetings” discussing what was happening…

    • kungen@feddit.nu
      13·
      12 days ago

      Plus the morale kick. “Oh yeah, we fired you a couple weeks ago without making too much of a fuss… but yeah, now get back to work!”

      • Zron@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 days ago

        No no no.

        First you make a meeting to discuss the need for a taskforce.

        Then a meeting to discuss the potential budget of the task force.

        Then a meeting to select the members of the task force.

        And so on until you don’t even need the task force anymore.

        Problem solved.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 days ago

        Let’s be very clear: this is extremely atypical. There is nothing even slightly normal about it.

    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
      5·
      12 days ago

      At my site in the VA we lost a essential employee who we probably won’t get back.

      And we were also forced into a hiring freeze at the start of the year so I hope they see this and try to come back, because we won’t be able to hire someone else to replace them.