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DoD to fire 5,400 probationary employees next week, with hiring freeze to follow

"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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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 the next five years, sources familiar with his plans told CBS News.

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Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week, says DOD

After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, an official said.

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Pentagon expects to fire more than 5,000 civilian probationary employees starting next week

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set to be released as the Pentagon anticipates reducing its civilian workforce by 5-8%.

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University of Louisville hiring freeze causes uncertainty for job seekers

Imagine you put years of your time and energy to go to school and become an expert in your field and when it finally comes ...

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As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by a wider dismissal of "redundancies" and ...

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VA Research on Cancer, Suicide Prevention, Toxic Exposure at Risk from Federal Hiring Freeze

Hundreds of Department of Veterans Affairs medical research projects are being threatened by a hiring freeze across the federal government, a pair of top Democratic senators warned in a letter to the ...

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City Manager announces hiring freeze for the capital city

In efforts to balance the budget for fiscal year 2026, Topeka City Manager Robert Perez announced in Tuesday morning’s ...

Spotted owl monitoring stymied in NW by federal hiring freeze and firings, scientists say

The freeze means the U.S. Forest Service can't hire seasonal scientists to count the threatened northern spotted owls, an Oregon State professor says. Other threatened and endangered species includnig ...