The Trump administration has executed one of the most significant workforce reductions in U.S. history, targeting over 200,000 probationary employees across multiple government agencies.
According to data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), as of March 2024, approximately 220,000 federal workers had not yet completed their probationary period.
An additional 288,000 employees had between one and two years of service, making them vulnerable to restructuring efforts.
One of the hardest-hit agencies is the infamous Internal Revenue Service (IRS), long criticized for its heavy-handed tactics against hardworking Americans.
It was first reported that Trump’s administration plans to axe around 9,000 jobs at the IRS, primarily targeting employees still in their probationary period.
However, according to ABC News citing sources familiar with the matter, as many as 15,000 IRS workers have been identified for possible termination as early as next week.
The targeted employees, many of whom were added during the Biden administration’s expansion of the IRS, reportedly hold non-essential roles unrelated to processing tax filings.
ABC News reported:
About 15,000 IRS employees have been identified for possible termination as early as next week as the White House seeks to find cost savings across the government, ABC News has learned.
The employees are on probationary status with limited tenure in their jobs and do not have jobs directly related to processing tax filings, a person familiar with the effort told ABC News.
It’s not clear, however, what impact the firings might have on this year’s tax season as much of the work at the IRS is connected to the agency’s mission of processing and enforcing payments.
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