Pentagon says it will cut 5,400 probationary workers starting next …
2 days ago · Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has supported cuts, posting on X last week that the Pentagon needs “to cut the fat (HQ) and grow the muscle (warfighters.)” The Defense Department is the largest government agency, with the Government Accountability Office finding in 2023 that it had more than 700,000 full-time civilian workers.
Pentagon expected to fire over 5,000 civilian staffers next week
2 days ago · The U.S. Department of Defense plans to cut its civilian workforce by 5 to 8% as part of President Donald Trump’s promise to reduce the federal workforce. The mass layoffs will primarily impact ...
Pentagon announces it plans to fire 5-8% of civilian workforce
2 days ago · The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers ...
Pentagon prepares to fire thousands of civilian employees in …
2 days ago · The Pentagon plans to fire 5,400 civilian employees next week as the largest federal agency seeks to eliminate 8 percent of its civilian workforce, the department announced Friday.
What Could Pentagon Budget Cuts Look Like? Here’s What We …
4 days ago · Earlier Friday, CNN reported a wave of layoffs that could impact more than 50,000 probationary employees was paused by the Defense Department so Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top legal ...
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers - The New York …
2 days ago · The Pentagon said on Friday that it would fire 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week, in the first of what officials say will likely be a wave of much larger layoffs at the ...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week …
2 days ago · The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8% and was to be followed up with a hiring freeze.
Pentagon says it will start firing 5,400 probationary civilian ...
3 days ago · 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 ...
As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze …
3 days ago · Updated: Feb. 21, 11:16 a.m. ET. The Defense Department is preparing for mass firings of civilian employees, according to several current employees and internal communications, bringing the Trump ...
Musk’s DOGE moves to begin Defense Department layoffs, …
5 days ago · The Pentagon, with a budget of more than $840 billion, is the federal government’s largest agency. It has about 950,000 civilian employees, including tens of thousands of military veterans, with ...