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Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom
The Washington Post ^ | June 28, 2025 | Adam Taylor, John Hudson, Hannah Natanson

Posted on 06/28/2025 8:24:17 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The Trump administration’s plan for mass layoffs at the State Department has left much of the workforce exasperated and embittered, tanking morale as extra demands were made to assist U.S. citizens seeking to flee the Middle East amid Israel’s war with Iran, employees say.

At the direction of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the State Department informed Congress in May that it planned to reduce its U.S. workforce by more than 15 percent — almost 2,000 people — as part of a sweeping reorganization intended to streamline what he has called a “bloated bureaucracy that stifles innovation and misallocates scarce resources.” Separately, he has accused certain bureaus within the department of pursuing a “radical political ideology.”

Rubio had set a July 1 timeline for the dismissals, but execution of the plan is contingent on a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court, which is evaluating President Donald Trump’s sweeping attempt to fire federal workers across numerous government agencies. It’s unclear when the court could act.

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1 posted on 06/28/2025 8:24:17 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Boo hoo. Welcome to the party, pal.


2 posted on 06/28/2025 8:26:20 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: MinorityRepublican

The morale of dead weight that’s leaving isn’t important. The morale of the rest will be fine.


3 posted on 06/28/2025 8:26:22 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The WP runs to rescue Hillary’s Minions.


4 posted on 06/28/2025 8:26:30 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: MinorityRepublican

Rubio has been surprisingly good.


5 posted on 06/28/2025 8:26:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: MinorityRepublican

The swamp is being drained!


6 posted on 06/28/2025 8:26:41 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Golly; I feel so bad for these bureaucrats. Who’ll order rubber bands and paperclips now?


7 posted on 06/28/2025 8:27:31 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: MinorityRepublican
Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom..

...as objective morality
returns and

skyrockets. reprobates hardest hit.

8 posted on 06/28/2025 8:28:35 AM PDT by cuz1961
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Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom

Excellent!


9 posted on 06/28/2025 8:31:47 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Is a state department necessary? I’d vote “yes.”

Should there be an ambassador to every nation? Not necessarily. Staffing would be considerably cut in a for-profit business.

The military’s strict MTOE system should be imposed on all departments if it isn’t already.


10 posted on 06/28/2025 8:32:24 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Too bad, so sad, well anyway.


11 posted on 06/28/2025 8:33:02 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: MinorityRepublican

The gaslight media was singularly uninterested in the morale of millions of Americans crushed by the pandemic lockdowns, masking and social distancing mandates, “nonessential” business closures vaccine mandates, and by the social unrest and crimes of (mostly peaceful) protests and riots, and from illegal immigration.

So, in summary, go to hell.


12 posted on 06/28/2025 8:35:08 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hooray. The USA’s worst enemy takes a big hit. Shut State/CIA down completely. Then expand out and fire every govt employee with an Ivy League degree.


13 posted on 06/28/2025 8:36:04 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MinorityRepublican
Hahah! No one is irreplaceable. "Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you."

14 posted on 06/28/2025 8:37:33 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Migraine

That’s a funny euphemism for surfing pron sites.


15 posted on 06/28/2025 8:37:44 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MinorityRepublican
"mass layoffs at the State Department"

It will be a day of celebration for patriotic Americans.

And maybe DC can ship the tanker cars filled with liberal tears to Texas to make up for the lack of rain.

16 posted on 06/28/2025 8:38:48 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Aside from their obvious anti-American views and actions, the State Department is virtually useless overseas.

The consulates over-charge Americans for every service despite global taxation. They are staffed by arrogant lowlifes who try to bully Americans. Whenever I had to go to the US consulate overseas my blood pressure went through the roof because I know I’d be dealing with some government flunky who thought I needed their help. When in fact I was there to fix something that they screwed up 9 out of 10 times.

Fire them all. They are only overseas to spy on Americans.


17 posted on 06/28/2025 8:39:50 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m a supervisor within the Department of the Army. I recently had to reduce three positions on my 15 person team.

We instruct and operate Apache helicopter procedural trainers/simulators. Fortunately, we were able to find two other positions on the installation that weren’t filled and weren’t being reduced that they can fill and have their talent utilized. I served in the Army with two of these guys and I consider them my friends.

There’s no discrimination in the government cuts. Just as it should be. It sucks for the individuals, but we all get it.


18 posted on 06/28/2025 8:42:57 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: ClearCase_guy

He has.


19 posted on 06/28/2025 8:46:08 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ביחד ננצח הלב שלנו שבוי בעזה Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Until a federal judg....oops, never mind!


20 posted on 06/28/2025 8:46:22 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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