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Wicked Blue

(8,239 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:37 PM Aug 1

Nearly 150,000 Federal Workers Have Left Under Trump, New Analysis Shows

Source: HuffPost

Around 149,000 employees have left the federal government since President Donald Trump took office in January and began dismantling the administrative state, according to a new analysis.

The data from the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that advocates for a more effective federal government, offers a snapshot of the deep workforce cuts that have plunged morale at agencies across the bureaucracy. The administration has not been transparent about the reductions, making comprehensive estimates hard to come by.

The group said the largest workforce reductions have hit the Treasury, Agriculture and Defense departments, which have lost around 31,000, 22,000, and 20,000 employees, respectively. The Department of Health and Human Services has lost roughly 13,000.

The U.S. Agency for International Development — the aid agency Trump all but demolished unilaterally — accounts for another 10,000 employees gone, the Partnership for Public Service said.



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-workforce-cuts-estimate_n_688cdb1fe4b077f099d46aae

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Nearly 150,000 Federal Workers Have Left Under Trump, New Analysis Shows (Original Post) Wicked Blue Aug 1 OP
Jesus Christ. That is a lot of people. chowder66 Aug 1 #1
It will take decades to recover from the loss of institutional knowledge of 150,000 career employees... EarthFirst Aug 1 #2
According to Mary Trump's book, both Justice and State Departments also suffered during his previous term Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 #4
I'm thinking it's more than that... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 1 #3

EarthFirst

(3,815 posts)
2. It will take decades to recover from the loss of institutional knowledge of 150,000 career employees...
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:46 PM
Aug 1

Some of these agency departments may never recover.

Rhiannon12866

(242,930 posts)
4. According to Mary Trump's book, both Justice and State Departments also suffered during his previous term
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:55 AM
Aug 2

Many career employees left and there were few applications, destroying continuity for a generation. And now this! How many generations would it take for the federal government to recover now?? And it's only been six months...

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,463 posts)
3. I'm thinking it's more than that...
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:01 PM
Aug 1

...as this seems to reference people who were fired (USAID, Treasury, HHS), and there was post yesterday that more than 150,000 had left voluntarily under the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP, Fork in the Road).

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