Tag: Office of Personnel Management

Remote federal workers in Washington greeted with balloons, candy amid layoffs

By Alexandra Alper and Tim ReidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a scene some federal workers found upsetting and tone deaf.Under government-wide orders to...

Federal workers react to Trump administration's new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: 'They'll have to fire me.'

In a Wednesday memo, Trump administration officials advanced a plan for federal staff reductions.The memo said departments across agencies should prepare to cut...

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.

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Trump Broke the Federal Email System and Government Employees Got Blasted With Astonishingly Vulgar Messages

Email EmpowermentTurns out that putting underqualified kids in charge of the federal government's HR agency wasn't the smartest move. Last night, an exploit...

Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to...