Pentagon to fire 5,400 probationary workers, institute hiring freeze
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...
Pentagon announces it plans to fire 5-8% of civilian workforce
The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 ...
DOGE is getting lists of military’s probationary workers from Pentagon
It is not clear whether all probationary personnel will be let go — instead, some might be exempted due to the critical ...
Hegseth previews Pentagon staffing cuts, targets probationary employees
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian ...
Defense officials fear impending Pentagon firings could break law and hurt military readiness
Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...
Pentagon layoffs paused for now, official says
The Pentagon is pausing the impending cuts to probationary civilian employees that could have affected around 50,000 people working for the Defense Department, a U.S. official tells CBS News. Charlie ...
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There is help for probationary employees who were terminated
Federal employment attorneys say probationary employees who were fired can apply for unemployment insurance and have other ...
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As DOGE Reportedly Accesses Employee Info At Pentagon
ToplineThe federal government may begin removing probationary employees from the Department of Defense in the coming days, ...