Republican management had stated that he sent 1st statement by mistake, but then confirmed layoffs in Small Business Department
The administration of Small Business of the United States government told employees probative that it had sent a notice of termination by mistake. The next day some of these workers were warned that they were actually dismissed. The information is from.
The first dismissal orders were sent on Friday (7.FEV.2025). The supervisors had not been notified and tried to obtain clarification on the situation. On Monday (10.FEV), the workers received an email saying that some employees “They may have received an unlawful notice of termination of employment contract” and that the message had been a mistake. However, on Tuesday (11.FEV), the workers received a new email confirming the layoffs.
The 2nd dismissal warning was hours after US President Donald Trump (Republican Party), he signed, On Tuesday (11.FEV), a decree requiring federal agencies to work with the doge (Department of Government Efficiency), led by Elon Musk, to reduce your current workforce and limit future hiring.
“During this probative or experimental period, it was determined that the continuation of your employment does not promote the efficiency of the service because you could not demonstrate aptitude for the continuation of federal employment.”said the email sent on Tuesday (11.FEV) to dismissed workers.
Hours before the layoffs, Musk spoke to the press at the White House Oval Hall. He offered no detail to support his statements that Doge had, as Trump said, discovered “Billions and thousands of millions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse”.
Elon Musk has been one of the main forces in reducing the size of the US government. Trump also signed, on the 3rd (11.FEV), a decree guiding the bosses of agencies to coordinate with the doge to, for example, “Limit hiring to essential positions” in federal agencies.
“The people voted in favor of a great government reform and that is what the people will achieve”these Musk.
The Personnel Management Office has asked agencies to provide poorly -performing employees and also to evaluate which probationary workers are essential for their operations.
Everett Kelley, president of the US government officials, criticized, through an official statement, the Trump decree and the continuous reduction of the federal labor force.
“Diming a large number of federal employees will not diminish the need for government services”, these. “This will only make access to these services more difficult or impossible for Americans, veterans and the elderly who depend on them”he declared, quoted by the Digital Newspaper Politico.
