Kennedy lays off thousands across the health bureaucracy
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/kennedy-lays-off-thousands-across-the-health-bureaucracy-00262913
Kennedy lays off thousands across the health bureaucracy
Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file.
By Sophie Gardner, Ruth Reader, Lauren Gardner, David Lim and Chelsea Cirruzzo
04/01/2025 09:24 AM EDT
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the governments health care agencies.
Overnight, employees of the Department of Health and Human Services lost their jobs as part of a reduction in force that aims to cut 10,000 of the departments approximately 80,000 workers. The cuts hit staff across the panoply of HHS agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.
Those let go included senior civil service leaders, as well as workers handling everything from communications to worker safety to HIV prevention.
This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct, emails to the affected employees said.
The early-morning reduction in force comes after days of worry for the workers, many of whom were told to expect notices on Friday or over the weekend. The move was delayed in part due to tensions between the Elon Musk-led push to downsize the federal government and leadership at HHS that has felt left out of the decision-making.
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