Federal Managers Association

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• IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday - February 19, 2025

• By Natalie Alms and Eric Katz, Government Executive

  The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to conduct mass firings of 6,700 employees beginning Thursday, according to multiple employees notified of the plans.
  
  Staff in their probationary periods—mostly recent hires, though in some cases longtime federal workers—received notice that they must report into the office Thursday and bring all of their government equipment, identification cards, parking permits and other documents. Managers have received instructions to report to the office so they can help with "separating" staff, which in some cases will be employees who do not report to them but those whose managers are in a different location. IRS has even created a portal on its internal site to keep employees apprised of “recent workforce updates.”

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