DOGE II
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Expects Yuge Games
Early this spring, the Food and Drug Administration fired nearly 50 workers in the Office of Regulatory Policy — only to turn around and order them back to the office with one day’s notice.
After dismissing thousands of probationary employees for fabricated “performance” issues, the IRS reversed course and told them to show up to work in late May.
And some staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development, dismantled in the first days of the Trump administration by a gleeful Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the U.S. DOGE Service, checked their inboxes this month to find an unexpected offer: Would you consider returning — to work for the State Department?
Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.
Trump officials are trying to recover not only people who were fired, but also thousands of experienced senior staffers who are opting for a voluntary exit as the administration rolls out a second resignation offer. Some fired federal employees, especially those at retirement age or who have since secured jobs in the private sector, are proving reluctant to return.
The “Notice of Reduction in Force (RIF) issued to you … is officially RESCINDED [and] you will not be separated from employment,” read an email sent to terminated staff in May and obtained by The Post. “You are expected to return to duty the next business day following your receipt of this notice.”
One FDA worker said she complied only because she hadn’t found other employment yet.
“Being back feels like a funeral,” she said. “Morale is terrible. Everyone is stressed and feels the absence of our colleagues. … I’m looking for another job.”
After dismissing thousands of probationary employees for fabricated “performance” issues, the IRS reversed course and told them to show up to work in late May.
And some staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development, dismantled in the first days of the Trump administration by a gleeful Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the U.S. DOGE Service, checked their inboxes this month to find an unexpected offer: Would you consider returning — to work for the State Department?
Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.
Trump officials are trying to recover not only people who were fired, but also thousands of experienced senior staffers who are opting for a voluntary exit as the administration rolls out a second resignation offer. Some fired federal employees, especially those at retirement age or who have since secured jobs in the private sector, are proving reluctant to return.
The “Notice of Reduction in Force (RIF) issued to you … is officially RESCINDED [and] you will not be separated from employment,” read an email sent to terminated staff in May and obtained by The Post. “You are expected to return to duty the next business day following your receipt of this notice.”
One FDA worker said she complied only because she hadn’t found other employment yet.
“Being back feels like a funeral,” she said. “Morale is terrible. Everyone is stressed and feels the absence of our colleagues. … I’m looking for another job.”