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Rolling Out1d
Why Veterans Affairs Dept couldn’t fire 76,000 people
Veterans Affairs abandons plan to fire 76,000 workers after massive backlash. Department scales back DOGE-led layoffs as ...
Government Executive2d
VA backs down on mass layoffs, will cut 30K through attrition only
Following significant pushback, VA is reversing course on its plan for widespread RIFs while still promising some staffing ...
STAT2d
Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA
WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...
NPR7y
Why The Federal Workforce Morale Is At An All-Time Low - NPR
The federal work force morale is at an all-time low, according to some accounts. That might be because the number of workers is roughly the same as it was 30 years ago, while there are 100 million ...
The Washington Post6y
How can the federal government fix its dipping employee morale?
The nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service released its annual survey charting employee morale across government agencies last Wednesday, and after three years of post-recession progress, the ...
Times of San Diego2d
Opinion: Mass layoffs only serve to destroy morale and productivity - Times of San Diego
Tech and retail layoffs are on track to hit numbers not seen since the beginning of the pandemic — and the government leads all sectors in job cuts this year, nearly all attributable to the cost ...
Hosted on MSN3mon
Glassdoor: Employee morale just hit an all-time low, and government workers are the most unhappy - MSN
Retail. Dissatisfaction among government employees was matched only by retail workers. Similarly, only 38.1% of retail employees reported feeling positive about the future—though, to be fair ...
The Atlantic2mon
Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality - The Atlantic
The problem for government employees isn’t just low morale. It’s the manufactured chaos. By Elaine Godfrey. April 16, 2025. Share. Save. Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET on April 16, 2025.
Reason5y
Government Employees Think People Hate Them. Increasingly, They're Right
Trust in Government. Government Employees Think People ... "People actively hate us," one recently retired U.S. Border Patrol agent complains in a New York Times piece on morale and ...
USA Today3mon
'Morale killer': Inside federal employees' return to office - USA TODAY
President Trump ordered federal employees back to the office full-time. The end of remote work in the government has been chaotic, workers say. Death toll climbs to 88 in Texas floods; 10 kids, 1 ...