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Donald Trump to Fire Thousands of Pentagon Employees Next Week
According to a press release, the cuts will primarily affect employees with one to two years of service who are "probationary."
Pentagon prepares to fire thousands of civilian employees in dramatic culling
The Pentagon is planning to fire 5,400 civilian employees starting next week as it prepares to eliminate 8 percent of its civilian workforce, the department announced Friday. The sweeping cuts will gut civilians who have only been employed for one or two years and are still considered “probationary,
Pentagon says it will start firing 5,400 probationary civilian employees next week
The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by President Donald Trump's administration at the department to make good on its promise to reduce the federal workforce.
Pentagon hits pause on plan to carry out mass firings of civilian employees, officials say
The Defense Department has temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees until Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel can carry out a more thorough review of the impacts such firings could have on US military readiness,
Pentagon halts mass firings of civilian employees pending review of mission impact
The pause comes after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year.
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