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According to people with knowledge of the situation, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency sent out layoff notices to dozens of employees late Tuesday.
The affected staff were primarily staff with probation status, and those who called for anonymity to speak openly after an order to stop all agency work, including talks with reporters. I said that.
Taking probation means that the employee is a trial period and often lasts a year or two after starting a new government position, and does not reflect performance; People said.
The move comes amid a broader effort to sort out federal staff under President Donald Trump. As NBC News reports, the Human Resources Administration has asked the federal agency to list all workers recently employed. It surprised the horrors of layoffs in different locations, just like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
CFPB staff have had the advantage since late last week when Elon Musk’s Ministry of Government Efficiency operatives became accessible to agencies. The CFPB headquarters was subsequently closed, but employees were told that CFPB director Russell had prevented him from doing business at the department. Both Musk and Vought are seeking the elimination of CFPB.
“The First Salvo”
“This is a mass shooting that has been illegally abolished,” said Johanna Hickman, a senior CFPB litigation advisor who said he received a notice of fire from the agency. “This is almost certainly the first salvo in the demolition of this agency, a significant proportion of the federal workforce.”
Hickman said he began the role of the CFPB in June 2023, but said the agency’s new leadership is not following established federal protocols to dismiss probation employees. “Many of us are ready to fight, and we are looking into all the legal paths,” she said.
The fire has embraced more confusion at the bureau as some of those laid off have already accepted federal buy-out offers, one of the people said.
The person who was rejected received a form letter that did not include a specific name or title, but left behind several fields filled with generic placeholders, the person said.
“Unfortunately, the agency has discovered that your abilities, knowledge and skills are not suitable for continuous employment as they do not meet the agency’s current needs,” the CFPB said according to those who received the notification. told someone who was rejected.
In particular, the termination was attacked by the CFPB’s enforcement division, particularly in order to boost the employment of executive counsel under former director Rohit Chopra, another said. The agency had around 1,700 employees before the work was cut.
The CFPB declined to comment.
