DUGE story, as told by federal workers
He said he wants to reduce the federal labor force. What exactly was the right size? As possible, the general agencies concluded that tens of thousands of federal employees were exposed to RIF or RIF. Some of these actions have been challenged in court, but the Supreme Court recently ordered that the Trump administration could continue its suggestions for the potential work of federal workers.
“The moment of everything It was crystallized for me, the day they came to a respected professional deputy. One who embodies integrity and competence. “Crime”? Having a bowel to challenge reckless DOGE programs. One afternoon, he returned from lunch to find security awaiting his desk. Without an explanation, no warning – only a quiet escort of the building was looking at the stunned colleagues. The years of dedicated services are reduced to public humiliation. ” – to the working employee party
“I knew what The powers that took place were not legal. So either they were inadequate and did not know that it was illegal, or they knew it was illegal and didn’t care. Which one is more scary? ” – CDC employee
“What is the prominent It is for me how the decline in GSA in the force was disordered and unprofessional. Employees were ordered to return to government IDs asap. We immediately lost access to Google Drive and the agency relevant to our RIF resources. We were blocked from sending emails to non -GSA addresses. Even trying to send email to job documents to your private email address became a big issue. ” – GSA employee
“When the consumer For the first time, the Financial Protection Office landed, one person in the office and could not return to the building to receive it. It was the only vest they belonged to: they were broken, they were applicants, and they had nothing to interview because of this. ” – CFPB employee
On February 14, tens of thousands of federal workers lost their jobs for those affected by the Valentine’s Day massacre. Other workers were told that they intended to get the letters infinitely – just to expect days without news.
“My fiancé and I was just returning from dinner. We’re getting ready to go to bed. I decide that I just intend to be separated from my social media and email. I just intended to turn it off … I saw that a message wasn’t read. I was fired at 11, 11:30 pm. [My fiancée] Looks at me, and he sees that my behavior is changing. [She says,] “That was the email, no?” – Federal Airlines Air Intelligence Specialist
“That was valentine The day, and my partner planned a romantic dinner that I would eat in a catatonic situation, in my shirts, which was shed in tears. ” – CDC employee
On February 22, in another repetition of his Twitter occupation, Mesak warned that the entire federal workforce needed to write an email that explained last week.
“That was so much The humiliating to prove, apparently to Elon Mask – who was not in my command or even a government employee – what I was doing. Not only is none of their jobs what I was in (they are not my guardian), but they do not even understand what I put there because it is very technical. I put the readings on my first submission, and after I didn’t go to the ping after the next two submission, I just stopped sending them. It made me very angry that not only are they passive who are strangely insulting, I do nothing, but they waste a lot of time by federal workers (and taxpayers) by doing this exercise, and they do not even open them. Anger. ” – Defense Employee Division
“[Employees were responding with] Email in different languages … responding to the constitution, and (for one who returns from childbirth leave) with things like “feeding a newborn baby for the number of hours, changed the number of diapers with Z power, managed the stakeholders’ input, and used my best ways to set up a baby.” – VA IT Worker
“I really laughed Very hard [at Musk’s email]Human beings are very ridiculous … too [that or] 24/7 be crazy (which some of my compatriots have decided to do), and I no longer have energy. ” – FAA Air Traffic Controller
