Mass Layoffs Hit State Department
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The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to employees Friday morning.
U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit inboxes as soon as Friday, according to three State Department officials with knowledge of the plans.
The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees Friday, the latest DOGE effort to shrink the size of the federal government.
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce, according to two senior White House officials with knowledge of the matter.
Indeed says approximately 1,300 employees will be impacted across the company in the layoff. Per a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed by the company in Washington state, 92 of those employees are based in Seattle.
Agency says it is on pace to reduce its total staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of this fiscal year through retirements, attrition and deferred resignations after previously saying it would need to cull 83,
Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump administration's plan to downsize the government.
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