‘Took away my hope.’ Federal workers say Trump mass firings upended their lives

Yahoo News ^ | 2/17/25 | Phillip M. Bailey, Zac Anderson, Terry Collins and Jeanine Santucci

[DallasBiff]

"I'm much more angry than devastated," said Chelsea Milburn, a 34-year-old Navy reservist, who lost her job as a public affairs specialist for the Department of Education. "It took away my hope that I would continue to be respected and valued for my service. And especially in the way the termination happened."

[DallasBiff]

Huh, Chelsea what about many qualified workers who were not hired or promoted because of DEI.

[xp38]

The Winning continues!

[Fido969]

Took away his Joy.

[xp38]

Along with the whining.

[johniegrad]

The Department of Education has “public affairs specialists?”

[Nextrush]

Hope in the federal teat or even other teats seem like false hopes to me.

[Tell It Right]

As Rush would say, here's the money quote:

Milburn was one of the nearly 70 employees in the Education Department still within their probationary periods who were let go Wednesday night. Federal employees in probationary status have typically been hired within the past year.

[wardaddy]

Join the club
Cowboy up

[Lizavetta]

public affairs specialist for the Department of Education

Sorry, cupcake, but your position was make-work BS to promote DEI, woke propaganda, and the wonderfulness of government unions.

[Flaming Conservative]

Oh, boo hoo. Yeah, losing a job is tough, but if it was like a lot of bureaucratic jobs, it mostly consisted of fluffing pillows. You made a killing while it lasted; the grift is over. Sorry, not sorry.

[Vendome]

Imagine how these people feel/felt

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You’ll get over it...

[LoveMyFreedom]

Welcome to the real world.

[Skwor]

If your Job title has more than two words to describe it, you are VERY much disposable.

[rktman]

Geez. I’ve been laid off quite a few times in my life. Kept on chuggin’. No time for self pity and 😭😭😭😭. Did it cause a disruption? Yup!

[gundog]

And SWAT teams....

[Teacher317]

I believe that the proper Democrat response is:

"You should learn how to code", as Biden suggested to the oil and coal workers that were being displaced by his Executive Orders.

(As I posted a moment ago, the GOP should simply reply to all reporters' questions with previous recording of Democrat answers.)

[shelterguy]

“””The Department of Education has “public affairs specialists?””””

You spelled PROPAGANDISTS wrong.

[ridesthemiles]

SWEETIE-—YOU ARE ONLY 34-—IF YOU TRULY DO HAVE SKILLS YOU WILL FIND A NEW JOB .

IF YOU ARE REALLY TALENTED-—SET UP YOUR OWN COMPANY & PAY YOURSELF. I DID THAT AT AGE 41-—NEVER REGRETTED DOING THAT.

OWN ALL MY REAL ESTATE-—vehicles—personal items-—FREE & CLEAR. NEVER made more than $20 an hour & still did very well.

NO PAID HOLIDAYS-—SICK PAY—VACATIONS—HEALTH PLAN —OR 401.

QUITCHERBITCHIN.

[ridesthemiles]

THERE IS A RAGING ERROR

[DiogenesLamp]

It took away my hope that I would continue to be respected and valued for my service.

What "service" did you provide to the nation? You "worked" in the Department of Education, and therefore it is difficult to understand how you did anything to benefit the country.