re: Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE

This is what they planned for according to Elon's own words. This isn't really a gotcha but the dims view the sun rising as a gotcha.

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And far far more US companies have added DEI over bloated HR programs filled with inept individuals who have ruined the companies and seen foreign companies fill the void.

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So you think we have too many white women in the workplace?

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I ask out of ignorance, what fraction have been rehired?

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I think the exact number was unknown by the reporter and probably will not be known until those who got the letter decide if they are going to return. CNN had reported that about 1K were fired (or about 8.6% of their workforce). CNN. The report just says "hundreds" of notices went out so that's a pretty broad range.

IIRC, HHS rehired about a third of their workforce in June from the DOGE layoffs.

I think the rehiring buries the lead a little bit. DOGE had targeted the immediate termination of about 800 leases at a proposed cost savings of about 406 MM. Before this event, about 460 were taken off the hit list and it brought the number down to 104 MM of savings. For the remaining leases, the government tenants are holding over. They were never notified by GSA of the termination notice. We don't yet know if the holdover rents or additional necessary renewals will cut into the 104MM number; until things are finalized, how much labor costs were saved; and the final net of both items.

Thousands fired.

Hundreds rehired.

I like the net.